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Séan Ó hEinirí
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Ó, bhail, mhoithigh mé go minic go bhfeicthí iad, go mbíodh siad ina gcineál aingle -
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oh, well, I often heard that they would be seen, that they used to be sort of angels -
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fair
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Séan Ó hEinirí
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Na haingle a thugtaí orthu
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Angles is what they were called [lit: given]
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fair
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Séan Ó hEinirí
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Agus níl ‘fhios agam ab shin í an fhírinne nó nach í ach
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And I don’t know if that’s true or not but...
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fair
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Séan Ó hEinirí
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bhí sé ráite go bhfeicthí iad ar mhodh ar bith.
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it's said they were anyway.
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fair
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Séan Ó hEinirí
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Agus mhoithigh mé fear amháin ag insean scéal faoi—seanfhear a bhí ann.
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And I heard one man, telling a story about it - an old man it was.
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fair
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Séan Ó hEinirí
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D'éirigh sé ar maidin, deireadh oíche
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he got up in the morning, very early [lit: the end of the night]
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fair
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Séan Ó hEinirí
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ní raibh aon am an uair sin le fáil, uaireadóir ar bith, ar ndóiche,
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the time wasn't available, there were no watches, like
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Séan Ó hEinirí
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ní raibh cineál am ar bith ann ach an ghrian agus an ghealach
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there was no kind of time at all, except the sun and the moon
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fair
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Séan Ó hEinirí
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ach d'éirigh sé deireadh oíche
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but he got up at first light
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fair
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Séan Ó hEinirí
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agus cér bith seort uisce broghach a bhí fágtha ag bean an ti i mbuicéad in íochtar an cisteanadh thíos,
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and whatever sort of dirty water that was left by the woman of the house in a bucket in the lower end of the kitchen below
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fair
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