Peter Flanagan

Bhfuil 'fhios a'd?, tá sí cúlaithe cúl i gcónaí. Bhí tráth ann

Do you know?, she always retreats. There was a time...

as na, as na háiteachaí sin.

from those places.

Leis an slad atá déanta anois orthu.

With the destruction that has now been done to them.

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

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Is í

She is.

ar an leithinis, bun na leithinse

on the 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?

Duine eicínt ag rá seo: "tuige a bhfuil sibh ag caint Gaeilge i gcónaí an teanga sin? Cén mhaith í sin?" Meas tú a' bhfuil aon

someone saying this: "why are you always speaking Irish, that language? What's the good of that?" Do you think there is any

gan a bheith conspóideach faoi rud ar bith, mar tá, tá 'fhios a'm scéal faoi fear

not to be controversial about anything, because I know a story about a man

nó

or

Mhothaíonn tú.

Do you feel..