Seosamh Ó Cathail

Maithmuise gur chuala.

Ah indeed, I have heard.

Ab ea?

Was it?

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.

Tá go leor caint na laethanta seo

There's a lot of talk these days

Bhí fear fadó agus bhí sé i nGaillimh

There wa a man long ago and he was in Galway

'maith gur éiríos féin ar maidin

and on [inaudible] in the morning

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.

ceathrair, trúir gasúir agus gearr-chaile

four, three boys and a girl-een

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,

agus cér bith seort uisce broghach a bhí fágtha ag bean an ti i mbuicéad in íochtar an cisteanadh thíos,

and whatever sort of dirty water that was left by the woman of the house in a bucket in the lower end of the kitchen below

ní raibh aon am an uair sin le fáil, uaireadóir ar bith, ar ndóiche,

the time wasn't available, there were no watches, like

Agus mhoithigh mé fear amháin ag insean scéal faoi—seanfhear a bhí ann.

And I heard one man, telling a story about it - an old man it was.

Ó, bhail, mhoithigh mé go minic go bhfeicthí iad, go mbíodh siad ina gcineál aingle -

oh, well, I often heard that they would be seen, that they used to be sort of angels -

téana liom

come with me

agus dúirt sé go mbeadh sé leis

and he said, that he would be with him