Dictionary Entries
An bhfuil a fhios agat céard é féin?
Do you know what it is yourself?
Is ea.
Indeed.
Tá, tá.
Yes, yes.
Blianta ó shin, ar ndóigh.
Years ago, of course.
Muise ab ea?
Really, is that so?
Á, bhí sé thar cionn, nach raibh? Ach oiread leat féin.
Ah, it was excellent, wasn't it? Just like yourself.
Fear Rath Cairn, ar mh'anam, is ea.
Rath Cairn man, by god (my soul), he is.
Ab ea?
Was it?
Tá me go maith, mh'anam.
I am well, by god (my soul).
Agus... bhuel, má fhaghaimse é sin, arsa an fear seo, cuirfidh sé, b'fhéidir, súil in mo cheann.
"And, well, if I get that," said this man, "perhaps it will put eyes in my head."
bheul bhíodh
well, (there) used to be
bíodh cinnte!
be sure of it!
lorg
a lorg, nothing, following a dhath, finally - a dhath . . . a lorg (negatively)
greallach
tá sé 'n-a ghreallach amháin
glafar
chuirfeadh sé glafar as