Turas Siar 312 - Pádraic S. Ó Murchú agus Máirtín Mac Donnchadha ag plé cuid den tseanchas a bhaineann leis an amhrán iomráiteach “Cúirt Bhaile Nua”.
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Tá sé cineál castaí an líne sin.
That line is kind of complicated..
Tá sé casta go leor ach tá sé go deas. Is deas an íomhá é go raibh eangach amuigh aige ach gur fada gur chaith sé amach í agus nuair a chaith sé amach ansin í gur rug sé ar an ar an aoileann álainn seo.
It is quite complicated but it is nice. It is a nice image that he had a net out but it was a long time before he cast it out and when he did cast it out then he caught this beautiful eel.
Díreach amuigh i cúis tuaithe.
Just out in a rural area..
Caint ar chaisleán ansin.
Talk about a castle then..
Is áit an-mhór le rá a bhí sa mbaile nua seo ag an am.
It was a very important place, this new town, at the time.
Bhí caisleán taobh thoir dhó thimpeall céad go leith slat taobh thoir dhó sna fáltaí taobh thoir dó.
There was a castle to the east of him about a hundred and fifty yards to the east of him in the hedges to the east of him.
Bhí an caisleán sin ansin luaite sa gcéad.
That castle was mentioned there in the first...
Sa gcéad luaite, bhuel, tá sa gcéad chuntas atá ansin air.
In the first mention, well, it is in the first account that is there of it..
Bhí sé sin suas ann go dtí lár an
That was up there until the middle of the.