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is beag a shíl na gleamadóirí bochta a bhí ann fadó

Little did the poor dreamers of long ago think.

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abair trí scór nó trí scór go leith bliain ó shin ní raibh mórán cuimhne acu go mbeifí ag caint ar twitter ná facebook ná rud ar bith eile den tsórt sin inniu ná go mbeifí ag cuimhneamh ar a leithéide seo ach

Say sixty or sixty-five years ago they had little idea that people would be talking about Twitter or Facebook or anything else of that sort today, or that people would be thinking of such things at all.

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déarfainn idir idir idir bhagús dháiríre go mba cheart gon go na cleamadóirí agus gon gon gon rud seo uilig go mba cheart dó fanacht leis an traidisiún agus leis an

I would say somewhere between joking and serious that the matchmakers and this whole thing should stay with the tradition and with it.

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leis an damhsa ar an sean nós

with the dancing in the old style.

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ní hé an damhsa atáthar a bhunú sna scoileanna anois agus

It is not dance that is being established in the schools now.

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nuair a chaithfeas tú a bheith in ann cóiriú mura bhfuil tú in ann cóiriú anois i gcuid mhaith de na cleasanna seo

when you will have to be able to adjust if you are not able to adjust now in many of these tricks.

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em.

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níl mórán gnaithe agat ag dul ann

You have little business going there.

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má théann tú haon dó trí is haon dó trí ceathair cúig sé seacht

if you go one two three and one two three four five six seven.

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dhéanfá aon úsáid ansin go na cleamadóirí ní shin ceol ná damhsaí sean-nóis leis an obair sin níl ceol ar bith a' teastáil

You would make any use then that the matchmakers, that's not music nor sean-nós dances with that work, no music at all is needed.

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má thugann muid aird ar an

if we pay attention to it.

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an sórt móineadh atá ann inniu

the kind of teaching that exists today.

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má chaitheann tú imeacht de réir na na na bhfigiúir ná na

if you have to leave according to the figures or the

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ar na huimhreacha seo

on these numbers.

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