Peter Flanagan

Ó thaobh mo bhóthair, tá as as Caisleán Thiar in aice le Glais ansin í, agus

On the side of my road, from West Castle near Glais there

ón gcliabhán.

From the cradle.

Fiúntas ag baint lena bhfuil acu

Value associated with what they have

an dtig leat a dhul isteach sa siopa?

Could you go into the shop?

Bhíodh sinn i gcónaí dá chros.

That was always her burden.

'us Gaeilge a labhairt ann

and speak Irish there.

an sóirt an, sórt Gaeilge atáthar a' múineadh ansin ins na scoltachaí?

the type of Irish that is being taught there in the schools

as na, as na háiteachaí sin.

from those places.

báúil go leor daoithe

quite sympathetic to it

dhoiligh

sad

Na daoiní nach raibh, b'fhéidir nach raibh aon bhaint acu aon bhaint acu le cúrsaí Gaeilge, tá siad báúil go leor ach

those who, perhaps, have no connection at all with Irish matters, they are quite sympathetic but

Is í

She is.

leithinis, bun na leithinse

peninsula, end of the peninula

Sna caomhráin bheaga mar seo:

In small areas like this:.

Céard a shíleann tú? Ceist mhór é seo, anois?

What do you think? This a big question, now?