Dictionary Entries
"sin í an Chaorthanach", a dúirt sé, "a bhí istigh agaibh"
you had the Chaorthanach in with ye
"sin í an Chaorthanach", a dúirt sé
"this is the Devil's mother", he said
bhoil anois, a deir, a dúirt an sagart
well now, says, said the priest
ach ní dhearna an sagart ach
but didn't the priest
agus 'bhfuil a fhios agat anois
an do you know now?
Ach 's é mo bharúil
but it is my opinion
"Níl a fhios agam ceard é", a dúirt sé
"I don't know what it is", he said
a deir sé
he says
ní thig liom feancadh a bhaint as
I can't make any sense out of it
"bhuel" a duirt an tsagart
"well" said the priest
Ach d'inis sé don tsagairt é
but he told it to the priest
mar duine eile, mar a chuid eile
like someone else, like the rest of them
bhí sé imithe, ach
he was gone, but
Mhoithigh mé mó mháthair dá insean go minic
I heard my mother often say
mar a dearfá
you'd say