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‘Sin iad na haingle cearta’, a dúirt sí, ‘a bhíonns baistithe agus a fhaghanns bás'
'Those are the real angels,’ said she, ‘ the ones who die after baptism'
Sin iad na páistí a fhaghanns bás gan bhaisteadh atá ag imeacht anois ag feitheamh ar fhuascailt.
those are the children who die unbaptized that are wandering, waiting for redemption.
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
Ach d'inis sé don tsagairt é
but he told it to the priest
a d'abríodh na paidreacha
that would/used to say the prayers
Ní raibh aon sagart ann
There was no priest
an t-uisce ina fhuil
the water into blood
tá tobar beannaithe ann
that there is a Holy well
Agus ansin thainic Clann Lir agus bhaisc an Naomh iad
An then the children or Lir arrived and the Saint baptised them
leis an gCaorthalach
at the Mother of the Devil