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Bhí fear fadó agus bhí sé i nGaillimh

There wa a man long ago and he was in Galway

Source Past Tense Narrative Third Person Singular Past

Bhail, in san sean-aimsir, bhí fear agus...Gearóideach...ní raibh aon clann aige ach aon Gearóideach ach amháin

Well, in the old-times, there was a man - a Gerald - and he didn't have any family except just one Gerald only.

Source Past Tense Narrative Complex Sentence Reflective

agus níl ann go ndearna sé aníos é go dtí an leaba san áit a raibh a bhean ina codladh. Agus d’inis sé an scéal daoithe

and he barely made it back down to the bed where his wife was sleeping. And he told her what happened [lit: the story]

Source Narrative Past Actions Past Perfect Tense Reflective

Chonaic sé ag imeacht iad mar a bheadh cnap míoltóga ón teach

he saw them disappear, as would a swarm of midges, from the house

Source Observation Simile Past Tense Narrative

Agus ar áit na bonn nuair a chaith sé amach an t-uisce ins an doras

And the moment he threw the water out the door,

Source Temporal Sequence Actions Past Tense Narrative

rug sé ar an mbuicéad uisce bhroghach sin

he grabbed [lit: on] the bucket of dirty water there agus

Source Physical Action Object Interaction Verb Past Tense Narrative