Turas Siar 228 - Pádraic S. as an gCartúr le Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG : Tornóga, áitheanna agus tionscal na ceilpe sa gceantar fadó.

Cloch

Stone.

Balla singil, mar a déarfá.

A single wall, as you might say..

Vuildeáilfí go deas luath agus go deas láidir agus ceangailtí agus teannta.

One would weld quite early and quite strongly, and there would be binding and tightening.

Bheadh sí

She would be.

Bheadh sí anois abair chomh fairsing taobh istigh agus abair go ngabhfadh bairille síos ansin.

She would now, say, be as spacious inside as, say, a barrel would go down there.

Agus chomh hard agus

And as high as.

Céard atá tú ráite bheadh sí thart.

What you said would be over..

Bheadh sí thart ar dhá throigh, bheadh sí thart ar dhá throigh go leith go dtí trí troigh, éasc de réir mar a bheidh aol ag teastáil ná bheith ag sliogán.

She would be about two feet, she would be about two and a half to three feet, easy depending on whether lime is needed or not being shelled.

Agus ansin?

And then?

Dhéanfaí sin í a mhúnadh istigh inti.

That would be done to teach it inside her.

Arís cloch uainn.

A stone away from us again..

móin chomh tirim agus

turf as dry as.

Bheadh an tine istigh ann istigh faoi na leacracha ansin, í os cionn na leacracha os cionn na leacracha cionn an urlár.

The fire would be inside there under the flagstones then, it above the flagstones above the flagstones above the floor.

Stiofán

Stephen.

Ní raibh aon aidhm leis an íochtar mar sin ach an ghaoth a tharraingt air.

There was no purpose to the bottom then except to draw the wind onto it.