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Go dtí chúig nóiméad ó shin bhí mé ag tarraingt luifearnach.
Until five minutes ago I was pulling weeds.
Tá mé ar an bhfeirm faoi lathair.
I am on the farm right now!
Bhoil, faoi lathair tá mé ag feliméaracht ann.
Well, currently I am farming there.
Agus cén sort ceird ort atá ort ann?
And what kind of work do you do there?
Is ea.
Indeed.
Tá, tá.
Yes, yes.
Tá mé ann anois go buan.
I am there now permanently.
Ó, a' bhfuil, bail ó Dhia ort, a' bhfuil? Bhoil, ní ar laethanta saoire a chuaigh tú. . . atá tú ann mar sin agus tú chúig bliana déag ann?
Oh, have you, God bless you, have you? Well, you didn't go on holidays. . . you are there for fifteen years?
Tá mé abhus anois le cúig bliana déag.
I have been here for fifteen years now.
'Bhfuil tú fhad thall anois i Tenerife, a bhfuil?
Are you still far away now in Tenerife?
Blianta ó shin, ar ndóigh.
Years ago, of course.
Agus ar ndóigh bhí mé ag an bhféile a rinne tú féin, a chuir tú féin i láthair -
And of course, I was at the festival you yourself organized, that you yourself presented -
sin í an áit ar casadh orm Dara Bán, blianta ó shin, beannacht Dé lena anam.
that's where I met Dara Bán, years ago, God rest his soul.