Dictionary Entry

Rugadh agus a tógadh ar Inis Gé anois sách gann ar fud an tsaoil maidin lá arna mhárach chuir mé mo dheis taifeadadh sa gcarr agus thug mé m'aghaidh ar Acaill le castáil le Jeaic Breathnach tá Jeaic i bhfoisceacht dhá bhliain don cheithre scór go leith ach má tá tá sé óigeanta aclaí agus cuimhne gléineach aige ar rudaí a tharla cheithre scór bliain ó shin agus nuair nach mbíonn sé ag casadh amhráin bíonn sé á gcumadh d'fhiafraigh mé i dtosach de céard a thug go hAcaill.

Born and raised on Inis Gé, now quite scarce throughout the world, the next morning I put my recording equipment in the car and headed for Achill to meet Jeaic Breathnach. Jeaic is within two years of eighty-five, but if he is, he is youthful, agile, and has a sharp memory for things that happened eighty years ago, and when he is not singing songs, he is composing them. I first asked him what brought him to Achill...