Scéalta Chois Cladaigh

bhia naoi-déag hochtó trí

food nineteen eighty three

agus ina living landscape

and in a living landscape

a foilsíodh sa bhliain naoi déag seachtó cúig

published in the year nineteen seventy-five.

leabhar ina bhfuil cuntas ag seán

A book in which Seán has an account.

ar na logainmneacha a bhfuil a áit dhúchais féin

on the place names that have their own native place.

breac leofa

speckled with them

'a deir chnoc agus bhogadh

'said the hill and moved.

amach go dtí 'bord ailt

out to the drafting table

agus thart le cladach na farraige

and around the seashore.

is anseo i gcill ghallagáin

is here in Kilgalligan.

a rinneadh an chuid is mó den ábhar béaloidis

most of the folklore material was made

a tógadh ó cheann a thaifeadadh

taken from one recorded

amuigh faoin spéir

out under the sky

ina theach féin

in his own house

agus i dtithe de chuid na comharsantachta

and in houses of the neighborhood.