Peter Flanagan

na daoine

the people would command

thug mé an chéad duais

I took the first prize.

agus bhí seisean le bhí freisin le Cill Ráthaigh

and he was also with Cill Ráthaigh

a bhí mé i nGlasgow nuair a

I was in Glasgow when

as Acaill. Bhí seisean ag obair linn

From Achill. He was working with us.

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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