Return to Inishkea, 1988 part 3/3

chuir siad le chéile i gcónaí agus go háirithe nuair a tháinig an bás

they always came together and especially when death came.

agus nuair a tháinig b'éigean do lucht an oileán ó dheas a dhul ó thuaidh

and when the people of the island from the south had to go north.

ní raibh reilig ar bith ar an oileán seo a fhios agat

there was no graveyard on this island you know.

ní raibh an reilig aon chaill siad an

the graveyard was not any loss they the .

duffin

duffin

duine bás anseo

person dead here

bheith eatarthu ar feadh dhá oíche

be between them for two nights.

agus

and

ansin chaithfeadh siad

"then they would have to"

a lán torthaí

a lot of fruit

chuir ar mhadraí

put on dogs

agus d'iompródh siad sin míle go leith go dtí an reilig chun freagartha

and they would carry that a mile and a half to the graveyard to answer.