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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Bheinnse, a dúirt fear éigin le fear an tí, bheinnse an léas gairid den léann sin, an bhfuil a fhios agat go raibh siad ag rith amach as bia.
I would, said some man to the man of the house, I would give a brief glimpse of that learning, do you know that they were running out of food...
Nó b'fhéidir nach raibh tá mé ag rá nua ach
Or maybe I wasn't saying new at all.
"Más in é an cás," adeir sé, "tá géabh amuigh ansin," adeir sé, "agus tugaigí fúthu."
"If that is the case," he says, "there is a fork outside," he says, "and bring them in."
Tada fola inné, tá a fhios agat.
No blood yesterday, you know..
Bhí clú a Sheáin ag dul go dtí na maidí ceannaithe.
Seán’s reputation was going to the dogs.
Agus na gé, an chuid eile de na géabh ite agus leath daltaí amuigh ach
And the geese, the rest of the geese eaten and half the pupils outside but.
Mharaigh siad tuilleadh géibh ach
They killed more geese but.
lá arna mhárach agus d'imigh sé go dtí oíche lá arna mhárach. Bhí dhá lá agus dhá oíche caite ag ól acu ach
The next day and it went on until the night of the next day. They had spent two days and two nights drinking but.