An tAthair Mánus Mac Suibhne
Seán Ó Raghallaigh as Oiligh, sa mbliain 1958. Le caoinchead Chnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD.
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The description provides the speaker's name and the year 1958, suggesting an elderly speaker. The dialect region is inferred from the context of the transcript and the mention of Achill.
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líon sé a bhróg
he filled his shoe
leisce
laziness
agus
and
thug sé
he gave
an dheoch chuig an tsagart
the drink to the priest
bhoil faoi bhrí ba mhinice ar seisean
"Well, about the meaning more often, he said."
tá leo amuigh ag an tsagart
The priest has them outside.
loiscfidh mé
I will burn
agus níor dhúirt
and did not say
bhoil adeir an sagart saol fada le séan agat adeir sé agus flaitheas dé ar uair do bháis
Well, the priest says long life with prosperity to you, he says, and the kingdom of God at the hour of your death.
agus fuair sé sin
"and he got that."
agus
and
bhí lóchrann
there was a lantern
go sholas iontach
to a wonderful light
as cionn na hoíche
above the night