Dictionary Entry

Agus tháinig daoiní chomh fada le do síos tóin an tSeanbhaile Dhún na bhFear thart ar fud cén sórt scoil a bhí i gceist leis an scoil náisiúnta 'sea is bunscoil a bhí ann 'sea agus ar ndóigh tá a fhios againn nár thug an tArdeaspag Micil cead scoileanna náisiúnta a bhunú mar ní raibh siad náisiúnta go leor ina ina bhfuil ach aon áit a raibh scoil misiúin thug sé cead scoil a bhunú.

And people came as far as down at the bottom of Oldtown, Dún na bhFear, all around, asking what kind of school was meant by the national school—yes, it was a primary school—yes, and of course we know that Archbishop Michael did not give permission to establish national schools because they were not national enough, except in any place where there was a mission school, he gave permission to establish a school.