Dictionary Entries
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
chupla fear
a few men
Bhí fear a mhúin
There was a man who taught
D'abríodh
(he/she/it) used to / would say
Ní raibh aon sagart ann
There was no priest
ghearrfeadh siad na cláratha
they would cut the boards
cónra
(the) coffin
ag déanamh
making
agus ansin thoisódh na fir
and then the men would start
ar feadh trí lá
for three days
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?