Peter Flanagan

Teanga an

Language of the

the coastguards came

the coastguards came

Agus céard a thug suas sibh?

And what brought you up there?

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uh, fréamh

uh, root

bhí naoi bliana déag

nineteen

as an áit thall bhí sé, tháinig sé abhaile romhamsa

From over there he came home before me.

bhí tusa ar dhuine de na "Mystery Men," nach raibh?

You were one of the "Mystery Men," weren't you?

leaid a bhí ón márach a bhí air gur ainm

The coat he was wearing was half-empty, which was a name.

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tháinig siad amach, na buachaillí amach agus

The boys came out and.

ní raibh, ní raibh, ní raibh fhios ag m'athair ná mo mháthair go raibh mé imithe ar chor ar bith

neither my father nor my mother knew that I had gone at all.

An bhfuil cuimhne agat féin ar na tiarnaí talún seo? An bhfaca tú ariamh iad? An raibh siad sa gceantar?

Do you yourself remember these landlords? Did you ever see them? Were they in the area?

an CD Board

the CD Board

faoin mattress

under the mattress