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Agus bhí Seán ar an gcaoi chéanna leis.
And Seán was the same way with him.
Is éard a bhí ann cneámhaire, rógaire, falsóir agus leadaí.
"He was a knave, a rogue, a liar, and a scoundrel."
Ar an taobh eile den scéal nuair a bhíodh an suipéar ite tráthnóna bhuaileadh Caolchat an bóthar amach ar an bpoll a bhí ar an doras iataí agus bhíodh amuigh ar feadh na hoích' agus sin an uair a laindeáleadh sé ar maidin nuair a bhíodh Seán ag éirí.
"On the other side of the story, when supper was eaten in the evening, Skinny Cat would hit the road out through the hole in the closed door and would be out all night, and that's when he would return in the morning when John was getting up."
Agus bhíodh Seán ag faire síos ar íochtar an tí agus d'fheiceadh sé scáile Phílí Cat thíos ar an mbinn; bhí sé ag tíocht idir solas na tineadh agus an bhinn.
And Seán would look down at the bottom of the house and he would see the shadow of Pílí Cat down on the hearth; he was coming between the light of the fire and the hearth.
Corruair eile, bhíodh Pílí Cat ina shuí taobh thall dó agus é ag faire anall ar Sheán agus ag freagairt na gceisteanna a bhíodh Seán ag cur air.
At other times, Pílí Cat would be sitting opposite him, watching Seán and answering the questions Seán would ask him.
Bhíodh Seán ina shuí cos na tineadh san oíche ag comhrá agus ag caint agus ag inseacht scéaltaí do Phílí Cat agus cluas ar Phílí Cat ag éisteacht leis.
Seán would sit by the fire at night talking and chatting and telling stories to Pílí Cat, and Pílí Cat would listen attentively.
B'iontach na mátaí Seán agus Pílí Cat.
Seán and Pílí Cat were wonderful mates.
Bhí fear ina chónaí leis féin i nGob Oiligh fadó a dtugadh siad Seán a' Ghoib air, agus ní raibh de chomhluadar aige faoi chaolach an tí ach dhá chat Cat mór bán ar bhaist sé Pílí Cat Bán air, agus cat dubh caol fada ar bhaist sé Caolchat na Luathadh air.
There was a man living on his own on the Ely peninsula long ago that they called Seán of the Peninsula, and he had no company under the roof of the house except two cats. A big white cat he named White Pílí Cat, and a long slender black cat he named Speedy Slimcat.
Bhí conaí ar an oileáin seo, i bhfad roimhe cuimhne sínseara na bhfear seo.
There were people living on the island long before the ancestors of these men
d'fhanadh na chailíní óga
the young girls waited
ach thit an fear amach go maith
but the man happened out (came out of it) well
agus dúirt sé go raibh ?
and he said there was a ?
agus nuair a tháinic an fear ar a' chosa
and when the man got to his feet