iris aniar billy willy phillip

le bheith i dtosach curaí

to be at the forefront of curry

agus cén aois a raibh tú anuraidh chuaigh tú amach ag iascach

And what age were you last year when you went out fishing.

bhí mé sé bliana déag nuair a fuair mé le m'athair

I was sixteen years old when I met my father.

isteach go hinis gé i naoi déag caoga naoi

into Goose Island in nineteen fifty-nine.

agus b'in é an samhradh a b'fhearr creidim a tháinig le fada riamh

and that was the best summer I believe that came for a long time ever.

go dtí ní fhaca mise aon tsamhradh chomh maith leis arís go dtí naoi déag nócha cúig

until I saw no summer as good as it again until nineteen ninety-five.

naoi déag nócha cúig b'ait an samhradh é sin

Nineteen ninety-five was a strange summer.

ach naoi déag caoga naoi

but nineteen fifty-nine.

ceann nó péire san mbaile

one or a pair at home

thriomaigh go leor agus slí ar an mbaile thoir

Many dried and a way to the east home.

thriomaigh an tobar ann

The well dried up there.

ach bhí tobar sa bpoirtín thiar ar chúl na céibhe ar an mbaile thiar

but there was a well in the little port at the back of the quay in the western town.

níor thriomaigh sé sin ariamh

that never dried.

ach ní hé sin isteach mar déarfá i ndiaidh an gheimhridh

but that is not in as you would say after the winter.

bhí sé sin dúnta ag an drochuair

That was closed unfortunately.