Turas Siar 286 - Riocard Bairéad, File.

Is le foinn faoi leith a bhí siad le dul.

It was with particular tunes that they were to go.

Tá corrcheann de na Foinse ar eolas againn.

We know a few of the sources.

Fonn

Desire.

Preab san ól, cuir i gcás.

Jump into the drink, suppose...

Ar an drochuair, tá roinnt mhaith de na foinn a bhí ag dul leis na hamhráin caillte.

Unfortunately, many of the tunes that went with the songs have been lost.

Agus is dóigh go mbeidh siad sin tuillte orainn choíche.

And I suppose those will be deserved by us forever.

Chum Rocard Bairéad a chuid amhrán, níor scríobh sé iad.

Rocard Bairéad composed his songs, he did not write them.

Is minic a deirtear gur scríobh file Gaeilge a chuid dánta nó amhrán.

It is often said that an Irish-language poet wrote his poems or song.

I gConnachta in aimsir Mhairéad agus ina dhiaidh.

In Connacht in the time of Mairéad and after..

Chumtaí amhráin, ní scríobhtaí iad.

Songs were composed, they were not written.

Scríobhadh síos iad sa deireadh.

They were written down in the end.

Ach ba mhinic nárbh é an té a chuma ag scríobh síos amhrán.

But often it was not the person who appeared to be writing down a song...

Tá amhrán roc ar Bairéad éagsúil go maith ó thaobh meadarachta dhe agus tá an-éagsúlacht ábhair le sonrú orthu freisin.

The rock song on Bairéad is quite different in terms of metre and there is also a great variety of subject matter to be noticed in them.

Is iad seo a leanas an dá chineál amhráin is coitianta aige:

The following are the two most common types of song he has:.

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