Peter Flanagan

bhí mise

I was

is é an smaoineamh

it's the idea

oh, bhí mé ceithre bliana déag ar scoil

oh, I was fourteen years at school.

triúr...bhí fear istigh leis--beirt--a bhí sa veain leis

three...there was a man with him--two were in the van with him

a bhí thuas

that was up

go, go Sas...go hAlbain

to, to Eng...to Scotland

an raibh cead ar bith aige Gaeilge a labhairt ar scoil anois

was he allowed, was he allowed to speak Irish at school now.

fear a bhfuil neart scéalta suimiúla aige

a man who has many interesting stories

agus bhí Ross Ford ar an taobh seo

and Ross Ford was on this side

b'éigean daoithse imeacht ansin

she had to leave then.

ní raibh Béarla acu chor ar bith. Ní raibh focal Béarla agamsa nuair a, nuair a bhí nuair théadh mé chun na scoile

They didn't have any English at all. I didn't have a word of English when, when I went to school.

tríd Albain

through Scotland

as baile an

from town

bhí Gaeilge ag m'athair

My father had Irish.

bhí mé ró-bheag 'us fuaidh ansin 'us

I was too small, and I went there and