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1820 4.

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Yes.

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Bhí bhí Pádraic Ó Murchú ceart ar fad ansin is cosúil bhí ag teacht bhí bhí an rud a bhí aige ag teacht air sin. Luaigh sé bhí ocht déag fichidí nó

Pádraic Ó Murchú was completely right there it seems, what he had was coming to him then. He mentioned there were eighteen twenties or so.

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Bhí

Was.

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Cinnte adeir sé idir ocht déag deich ocht déag fiche 'sea thart air sin agus an lámhscríbhinn ansin ocht déag ocht déag fiche ceathair.

Certainly he says between eighteen ten eighteen twenty yes around that and the manuscript then eighteen eighteen twenty-four..

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Now caithfidh mé a admháil nár bhreathnaigh mé féin sa lámhscríbhinn agus mar a déarfá bhoil is dóigh dhá mbeadh dáta leis go mbeadh sé tugtha. Tá mé cinnte go mbeadh sé tugtha ag ag Fiachra Éilgeach nó bhoil ag Tomás Ó Concheanainn ar aon chuma.

Now I have to admit that I myself did not look in the manuscript and as you might say, well, I suppose if there were a date with it, it would have been given. I am sure it would have been given by Fiachra Éilgeach or, well, by Tomás Ó Concheanainn in any case.

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Sea

Yes.

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Bheadh sé chomh déanta.

It would be as good as done..

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Sea sea.

Yes yes..

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An gcreideann muid meastú sa deireadh uilig gurb é gurb é mo dhuine John McHugh a chum an t-amhrán agus a bhfuil ann?

Do we all finally believe that it was John McHugh who composed the song and that’s all there is to it?

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Is deacair is deacair is deacair a rá mar is cuimhneach liom gur dhúirt Tomás Tomás Ó Cinn adeir sé Tomás Ó Concheanainn gur dhúirt sé sa bpíosa a chuir sé ar an téip.

It is difficult, it is difficult, it is difficult to say because I remember that Tomás said—Tomás Ó Cinn says, Tomás Ó Concheanainn—that he said in the piece he put on the tape...

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Is deacair a rá.

It's hard to say..

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Sa teanglann ní i gcónaí adeir sé a bhíonns béaloideas.

In the language laboratory, it is not always what is called folklore...

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A bhíonns a bhíonns ag baint le amhráin le creidiúint.

What is always associated with songs is belief...

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Ach tá cuid den scéal seo fíor, a deir sé.

But part of this story is true, he says.

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