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a deir sé
he says
"bhuel" a duirt an tsagart
"well" said the priest
Chuaigh an tsagart ag léitheoireacht
The priest went reading (studying)
Ach d'inis sé don tsagairt é
but he told it to the priest
gan bun ná barr lena ghnoithe
without any sense to his business
's ag tarringt na gruaige de na páistí eile
and pulling the hair of the other kids
tháinig sé agus ní raibh sé i gceart
he came and he wasn't right
Bhí famailí mór insa teach
There was a big family in the house
Mhoithigh mé mó mháthair dá insean go minic
I heard my mother often say
mírtúnach
child of about nine or ten years
(is tú) an maistín
a child who might be starting to walk who is being cranky/bold
naoinán
baby in the cradle (up to about 1)
ní raibh na seanleaganacha sin ag éinne le cluins, ach an té a bhí tógtha le Gaeilge on gcliabhán
those sayings won't have been heard by anyone, except native speakers
An Catháineach
Keane
tá daoine muintreach
my relatives