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agus tiocfaidh mise tráthnóna dó
and I'll come for him in the evening.
ar an Tír Thiar, fad ó shin
in the West, a long time ago
Sa Tír Thiar bhí sé sin
In the west of the country, this was
(a bhí ann) len ár linn fhéin
in our times
Tá an Rí curtha, soir ag an mballa sin, soir
The king is buried over to the east, at that wall there
ar feadh trí lá
for three days
nuair a chaillfaí an duine
when the person would die
nuair a thoisigh an gála
when the storm started
An raibh sibh gar don trá ag an am sin?
Were you near the shore at that time?
aon dath uisce ó shin as.
any type of water from there, since then
le feiceál ag duine ar bith inniubh.
to be seen by anyone today
naoi gcéad bliain le bheith caití acu,
900 years to be spent by them.
Agus bhí a n-am le bheith thuas an uair seo
And their time was to be up in the heavens, back then.
go rabh siad eidir Ceann Iorrais agus Ceann Acla
That they were between Erris head and Achill head.
Aimsir Naomh Pádraic,
It was the time of St. Patrick