Peter Flanagan

bhí glas uirthi

there was a lock on it

d'fhan mé, d'fhan mé ansin

I stayed there.

stuif ann

of stuff there

ach an bóthar

except the road

agus gan Béarla ar bith ag na páistí beaga

and the small children not having any English.

nuair a fuaigh sinn go Glasgow

when we went to Glasgow

agus cén, cén comórtas an raibh, an raibh sibhse istigh ar? Gaeilge

And what competition were you in for? Irish.

anois...duine glic é

now...it's a clever person

bhí sé ina shaighdiúir Meiriceánach i Meiriceá. Bhí sé ina

he was an American soldier in America. He was

a thoisigh siad

that they started

an méid bainne a thig leat a bhleán ó na ba

the amount of milk you can take from the cattle.

gcomhlachtaí leis an, leis an...na máistrí eile, 'bhfuil 'fhios agat, roimis sin

companies with, with the other teachers, you know, before that.

tá sé ar dhuine de na daoine deiridh ó cheantar Bhéal Deirg ar chósta thuaidh Mhaigh Eo a bhfuil Gaeilge acu ón gcliabhán

he is one of the last people from the Belderrig area on the north coast of Mayo who have Irish from the cradle.

Ní fhaca

I did not see

go bhfeicfeadh sé a athair, athair 'us a mháthair thall ann

so that he might see his father, father and his mother over there