Dictionary Entries
(a bhí ann) len ár linn fhéin
in our times
tá's, tá a fhios agam
Oh I know, I know
bhfuil a fhios agatsa anois, ca bhfuil na daoine curtha anseo, daoine a muintir leat fhéin
do you know where your ancestors are buried here?
a d'abríodh na paidreacha
that would/used to say the prayers
cónra
(the) coffin
Bhíodh tórramh ann, ar feadh
There used to be a wake
nuair a chaillfaí an duine
when the person would die
ceard a tharlaigh, nó nach mbíodh aon sagart agaibh?
what happened, or did ye not use to have a priest?
tá go leor curtha ann
there are many buried here
Níl an cuimhniú dhomsa, ar an chéad doine a curthú ann
I don't recall the first person to be buried here
Is dócha, go raibh tionchar mór, aige sin, ar an saol ar an oileáin ina dhiaidh sin, a raibh?
I suppose that had a big influence on life on the island after that?
Cé mhéad duine a báthú, a Dominick?
How many drowned, Dominick?
Agus céard a tharla dhaoibhse?
And what happened to ye?
(mar) chaithfeá bosca maiteannaí
as if you would throw up a box of matches
caitheadh suas muid
we were thrown up