Turas Siar 376 - Pádraic S. Ó Murchú as an gCartúr agus Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG: púnáilte, basctha, ponntáin, giobóg, "Na Trí . . . ".
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Triúr nach bhfuil aon mhaith iontu nuair a bhíonn siad sean.
Three who are of no use when they are old...
Na laethanta nuair a bhíonn siad Seán gan dabht.
The days when they are Seán without a doubt..
Níl fhios agam anois sea manam muise go bhfaighfeá na máistrí scoile agus gurb in é an uair is mó déarfá.
I don't know now indeed that you would find the schoolmasters and that is the time you would say it most...
A bhíonns maitheas iontu a bhíonns maitheas iontu.
There is goodness in them, there is goodness in them..
Maitheas iontu féin siad ag tochailt agus an taighde.
Good in themselves they are at digging and the research..
Bhuel, in san t-am a rabhthar á gcomú seo.
Well, at the time this was being celebrated...
Ní raibh duine ar bith ag tíocht ag tabhairt isteach go dtitfeadh sé, an bhfuil?
Nobody was coming in admitting that he would fall, was there?