Dictionary Entry

Bhí an cogadh ar siúl inné Éirinn idir Gael is Clann na nGall Mar tógadh mé sa gcontúirt is bhí fáilte i ngach mhé Is throid mé ar son na hÉireann is Oileán Inis Gé Ó bhí mé ins na hÓglaigh Fuair mé gunna i mo lámh Throid mé na dubh chrónaí Is ní náireach dom é a rá mar bhí mo chroí ar bharr na gaoithe Is nárbh iontach an rud é go raibh baint ag Cogadh na Saoirse Ag iascairí Inis Gé Tá ránaí agus scadáin ag teacht i dTír Trá na Rón Tá gliomaigh ins na stápógaí ag fanacht liom go fóill Tá flúirseach troscaí lá gan túr sna mangaí i mBéal na Léim Ach ní sheol mé arís an chaoi ar Oileán Inis Gé.

The war was going on yesterday in Ireland between Gael and the Clan of the Foreigners For I was raised in danger and there was a welcome in every place And I fought for Ireland and for Inis Gé Island Since I was in the Volunteers I got a gun in my hand I fought the black and tans And it is no shame for me to say it, for my heart was on the wind And wasn’t it a wonderful thing that the War of Independence Had a connection with the fishermen of Inis Gé There are rays and herrings coming ashore at Seal Beach There are lobsters in the creels still waiting for me There is an abundance of cod, a day without a tower, in the banks at Béal na Léim But I will not sail again the way to Inis Gé Island...