Maggie McGiff Béal Easa Co Mhaigh Eo

cén aois a bhí tú nuair a thosaigh tú ag plé leis an tobac

What age were you when you started dealing with tobacco?

muise ní raibh mé chomh sean sin

Well, I wasn't that old.

nach raibh

that was not

dhá scór bliantaí

forty years

an rabhais

were you

bhí

was

agus cén fáth ar thosaigh tú

and why did you start

tá

is

cén fáth ar thosaigh tú

Why did you start?

go meiriceá

to America

ná raibh

"was not"

ah

Ah.

leofa bhí mé seáinín

I was a little bit fluent.

a raibh eoin éindí leis na seandaoine

that Eoin was with the old people.