Dictionary Entry

Tionscal an-mhór dó an aoil thíos, an taobh sin d'Acaill, thóg na daoiní théidís amach le móin go dtí na hoileáin i gCuan Bhó, thug isteach last cloch aoil agus ghabhaidís agus théidís thart ar fud an oileáin i gcairteacha agus i mbairillí ag díol an loch aoil, le cur ón talamh agus le moirtéal a dhéanamh, agus le leis na tithe aolú, agus bhí bhí tionscal an-mhór thíos ansin obair sclábhach a bhí ann.

Lime was a very big industry for them down there, on that side of Achill, the people would go out with turf to the islands in Cuan Bhó, they would bring in loads of limestone and they would catch and go around the island in carts and barrels selling the lime, to spread on the land and to make mortar, and to whitewash the houses, and there was a very big industry down there, it was slave labor...