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béinn

A. Tá É. a' teacht aríst. B. Béinn Dé ort, a' bhfuil? (ML), and confirmed by (BR); the meaning seems to be something like 'Go to God, do you tell me so?' expressing a mixture of wonder and delight.

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beilt

beilt ar shaighdiúr; also applied to a dog's collar

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béal

tá tú cailltí púnáiltí i mbéal síogáin lá gimhridh (SBh), said of a person who has not the comfort of a hayshed, and has to stand in the face of a rick getting out fodder on a wet windy winter's day.

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beadaidhe

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bárr

tá bár míoltógaí ann, a lot of midges (out this evening), they would eat you.

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bánú

bhí an t-oileán le bánú .i. na daoine le n-a thréiscint, to be evacuated.

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baladh

madadh a' cur baladh, scenting, on the trail

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bail

(fear) a chuirfeadh bail air héin, get married in time and set up a home for himself (MMt); go ngohadh droch-bhail orthaí, that she'd come to misfortune (a young pretty girl) at the hands of Arthur Nash (SBh)

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bachlóg

chuir siad bachlóg ar a theangaidh, after which he could not speak properly or at all.

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athchomair

tá sí sin ag imeacht go hathchomair, travelling fast. This was quoted for me by PsC as a Donegallism, i. the word athchomair.

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ascaill sa bhfaraige

.i. lúbán isteach, tá fascadh ann.

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árach

níl aon árach agam air, I cannot help it.

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aoibhinn Dia

is aoibhinn Dia dhó, 'tis happy for him, well for him.

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