Dictionary Entries
pointeáiltí
exact, tight in money matters, (even) mean
comhthrom
what weight is this fish? tá meáchan cothrom ann, it is a fair weight; trí unsa (tobac) sa tseachtain, sin cathamh cothrom, that's fair smoking; cé' chaoi bhfuil na fataí agaibh? níl siad ach cothrom; sgoith fhataí cothroma, mixed middling potatoes, níl siad ionmholta ná ioncháinte annsin fair, middling
agus níor mhoithigh mé aon fhocal ní ba mhó air sin
and I won't hear anything more about it
ach ab ea gur chuir sibh cuireadh orm
but it was because you invited me
"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
ní fhacas, ní ba mhó é.
(and he) was not seen, ever again
D'imigh sé as an n-amharc
He went out of sight
ghlan sé suas san aer
he disappeared into the air
D'éirigh an páiste
The child arose
breith ar an bpáiste
judge the child
Fadaígí tine mhaith ansin
ye set a good fire there