Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
302.0-304.1
Fásann chuile shórt go breá anseo.
Everything grows well here.
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
304.1-305.1
Fásann, is dóigh.
It does, I suppose.
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
305.1-307.7
Ó, bíonn sé ag fás i gcaitheamh na bliana!
Oh, it grows all year round!
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
307.7-310.0
Agus gabh i leith anois go bhfiafraí mé ort,
And tell me now, let me ask you,
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
310.0-319.2
Cén fáth go ndeachaidh tú anonn ansin anois go Tenerife, an chéad lá ariamh agus gur b'in é an taobh a ndeachfaidh tú agus gur b'in é an cheird atá ort ann?
Why did you go over there to Tenerife initially, and to go to this side (of the island) and with this occupation you have?
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
319.2-323.9
Bhoil, is dóigh go raibh go leor cúiseanna leis,
Well, I suppose there were many reasons,
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
323.9-328.3
ceann amháin acu...chuala mé go raibh cineál teanga abhus anseo.
one of them...I heard there was a kind of language over here.
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
328.3-333.2
Bíonn na daoine a labhairt le chéile, agus sin é chuala mé,
People speak to each other, and that's what I heard,
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
333.2-335.6
Tá sé seo fiche agus a cuig bliain ó shin,
This is twenty-five years ago,
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
335.6-338.1
Labhraíonn na daoine le chéile ag feadaíl,
People speak to each other by whistling,
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
338.1-340.9
Agus dúirt me liom féin nach raibh aon fhírinne ansin,
And I said to myself there was no truth in that,
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
340.9-344.3
Agus tháinig mé anall anseo,
And I came over here,
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
344.3-345.6
Agus bhí sé fíor,
And it was true,
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
345.6-350.5
Agus chuaigh mé ag foghlaim na teanga seo,
And I went learning this language,
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Pádraic Patchey Ó Raghallaigh
350.5-352.1
Teanga na feadaíola,
The whistling language,
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