Turas Siar 446 - Seán Ó hÉilidhe le fear Ros Dúmhach
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The speaker is named in the title as Seán Ó hÉilidhe, and is described as 'fear Ros Dúmhach', indicating he is a native speaker from the Erris region.
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Ní mhillfidh muid ar an mhéide seo ach fear éigin nach uair, a Mhamuis, a Sheáin.
We won’t spoil this much except for some man who is not right, Mammy, Seán.
Muintir eile a leithéide sin de rud acu ach fuair an féasta an cinneadh ar bith nuair a thiocfadh banna sin an uair sin dúradh leis go laethanta ar ball.
Other people have such a thing but the feast got no decision when that time would come, then it was said to him that it would be days later.
Fuair an féasta chun cinn uair ar bith agus thosaigh siad acu, bhí an t-eolas acu, tá a fhios agat.
The feast got underway at some point and they started, they had the knowledge, you know..
Bhí an fear a phós é féin, bhí sé féin le cloigeann.
The man who married himself, he himself was crazy.
An mbíodh na mná ag ól chor ar bith bhoil anois? Níl a fhios agam faoi na breá anois cé go bhfuil siad ag ól corctand anois is ansiúd tá a fhios agat ach
Do the women ever drink at all now? I don't know about them now, though they are drinking corked (bottled) wine here and there, you know, but.
By dad ba dhéanfadh fear Stammon ab é ag ól corc.
By dad, the man from Stammon would do it if he were drinking whiskey.
Cibé iad an méid tú a raibh bean ag ól, níl aon phasta.
Whatever amount you had a woman drinking, there is no pasta.
Port uaidh a bhíodh siad ag ól port uaidh, bhí an port uaidh, an geal a bhí ann 'Sin é an rud a bhí ann an uair sin agus ní raibh aon phort uaidh, ní raibh aon down hoileáin an uair sin agus ní raibh aon, dolfaidh na háiteanna seo ar chor ar bith, tá a fhios agat, ní raibh an líne actually ag obair an uair sin ar chor ar bith.
A jig from there they used to play, a jig from there, it was the jig from there, the bright one that was there. That’s what it was at that time and there was no jig from there, there was no down the islands at that time and there was no, these places didn’t exist at all, you know, the line actually wasn’t working at that time at all.