Maggie McGiff Béal Easa Co Mhaigh Eo

níor labhair maois le áil leis na blianta

Moses hadn't spoken to Áil for years.

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mmm

bhí mé deich mbliana

I was ten years old.

bhí mé ábalta caint

I was able to talk.

sin é an uair a raibh mé a' caint gaeilge

That's when I was speaking Irish.

gaeilge

Irish

bhí na daoine sin barr bháis

those people were in dire straits.

ní raibh focal ar bith ar lae

there wasn't a word on the day.

ó is i measc na ndaoine sin a d'fhoghlaim an ghaeilge seandaoine

from among those people who learned Irish were old people.

sea

Yes.

tuigim

I understand.

uathu sin a fuair tusa an ghaeilge

From them you got the Irish.

sin an méid

that's it