Dictionary Entry

Is cosúil go ndeachaigh daoine isteach ar an oileán arís ansin aimsir an Chromail agus arís in aimsir an Ghorta mhéadaigh daonra an oileáin go mór mar go ndeachaigh daoine isteach i ndiaidh beathaigh chladaigh an oileáin agus é i bhfad níos fairsinge ná mar a bhí ar tír mór.

It seems that people went onto the island again then in Cromwell’s time and again during the Famine the population of the island increased greatly because people went in after the island’s shore animals and it was much more plentiful than it was on the mainland.