Dictionary Entries
col sgartha
divorce
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
agus d'imigh sé ina mheadhair tine
he went into a (ball?) of fire
agus thug sé aithinneacha na tine
and he brought the flames of the fire
D'éirigh an páiste
The child arose
breith ar an bpáiste
judge the child