Dictionary Entry

Bhí sí ag Pat Koney ina i nGaillimh ina dhiaidh sin bád mór bád mór 'Sea agus ansin cheannaigh sé White Header agus Nobby a bhí sa White Header Bhoil Nob ar ndóigh a bhí sa Cholumbia chomh maith. Ba iad na Cathasaigh a thóg í ach tógadh an bád eile i mucaí in Albain agus nuair a bhíodh siad ag dul go Béal an Mhuirthid chaithfeadh siad a dhul fairsing anseo agus nuair a bhíodh lagmhuir ann mar a déarfá bheadh sé deacair go leor a dhul thar an fhear siad anseo.

She was with Pat Koney in Galway after that, a big boat, a big boat, yes, and then he bought White Header and Nobby, which was in the White Header. Well, Nob of course was in the Columbia as well. It was the Cathasaighs who built her, but the other boat was built in Muckai in Scotland, and when they used to go to Belmullet they would have to go wide here, and when there was a low tide, as you’d say, it would be quite difficult to go over the bar here.