Peter Flanagan

ambush ar an

ambush on the

nuair a tháinig sé amach

when he came out

ceantar atá sách sceirdiúil, mar a deir siad

an area that is quite desolate, as they say.

céard é a thig linne a dhéanamh ach an rud a ordódh

What can we do but the thing that

an cóta dhíot, cinnte

the coat off you, sure

chuaidh mé go hAlbain nuair a bhí mé

I went to Scotland when I was .

ceantar sceirdiúil go leor thíos ansin, nach bhfuil?

quite a windswept area down there, isn't it?

bhí sinn le De Valera ansin ina dhiaidh sin anuas

We were with De Valera from then on

cheannaigh siad an dá bhaile eile

they bought the two other towns

bhí píosa den sean-bhóthar ansin déanta ag an tiarna talún

a bit of the old road there was made by the landlord.

ina dhiaidh sin, bhfuil fhios agat, bhí, oh, chuile

after that, you know

Bhuel cé do bharúil ar an tír seo i láthair na huaire?

Well, what is your opinion of this country right now?

anois thimpeall scór acu

now, around twenty of them.

bhí sé...bhí damhsa againn ansin ins an oíche

he was...we had a dance there at night

bhí seisean le

he wanted