Dictionary Entries
Bhí conaí ar an oileáin seo, i bhfad roimhe cuimhne sínseara na bhfear seo.
There were people living on the island long before the ancestors of these men
fiche míle thart ar an teach
twenty miles around the house
agus chuir as siar, shroich siad
and as they reached another bit further west
gandal ghé...ghé
a male goose...goose
ar fhad a' bhóthar
along the road
is breá an tír í
It's a fine country
Théadh sé go Sasana
he used to go to England
bhuel, chuid acu théanns go Sasana
well, some of them go to England
baile deas
(a) nice village/town
uaigneach
áit uaigneach, a place full of ghosts
triomaigh
níor thriomaigh sé ar aon charraic ariamh (an foightheach), always in the water, never seen on land or on a rock (great northern diver)
tóin
tifí as tóin a chéilí, houses built one at the end of another
sceinn
used transitively: go scinfadh sí an Curach .i. go nglanfadh sí é, that she would sweep the Curragh, i. Polly, a racing mare from Erris
scealb
scealab cloich' , píosa géar