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Tomás Ó Cearbhaill
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Cén geall a chuirfeas tú?
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"What will you bet?"
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Tomás Ó Cearbhaill
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Cuirfidh mé cúig phunta leat.
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"I will bet you five pounds," said the honest man.
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Tomás Ó Cearbhaill
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Cé bhfágfaidh muid le socrú aige é?
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"Who will we leave it with to settle?"
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Tomás Ó Cearbhaill
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An chéad fhear a chasfaíor dhúinn ar an mbóthar.
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"The first man we meet on the road."
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Tomás Ó Cearbhaill
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Bhog siad leo chun bóthair.
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They went along the road.
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Tomás Ó Cearbhaill
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Cén fear a casadh dhófa ach robálaí eile.
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Who did they meet but another robber.
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Tomás Ó Cearbhaill
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Dúirt sé, Á, a amadáin, shaothró-... ghoidfeadh an fear sin a oiread aon oíche amháin is shaothrófá i gcaitheamh i do shaoil.
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"Ah, you fool," he said. "That man would earn in one night as much as you would earn in your whole life."
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