Ár Dover Féin
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tá meitheal piocadh fataí agus a ndeartháir pádraig ó dúgáin
There is a potato picking team and their brother Pádraig from Duggan.
agus a réiteach le bogadh ó fheilm bplódaíonn na halban
and to arrange to move from the farm that crowds Scotland.
go dtí an chéad jab eile i gciorcal trialach
to the next job in a trial circle.
tuairim is sé mhíle taobh ó thuaidh de ghlaschú
about six miles north of Glasgow.
aon fhear déag agus ceithre bhonn déag as acaill ar chósta thiar na héireann atá ann
Eleven men and fourteen medals from Achill on the west coast of Ireland are there.
is beag idir iad agus meitheal eile oibrithe séasúr atá ag obair sna goirt fataí air
There is little difference between them and another group of seasonal workers working in the potato fields.
iad ag baint agus sábháil na bhfataí mar a bhíonn siad
"them digging and saving the potatoes as they do."
cé is moite den dúgánach gceapfar cineálta a thugann aire do na hoibrithe
except for the foreman who is considered kind and takes care of the workers.
agus an bhfuil níos mó ná tríocha bliain de thaithí aige ar an obair
and he has more than thirty years of experience in the work.
níl i gcuid de na fir ach gasúir
some of the men are only boys.
níl micheál ó mongáin ach trí bliana déag
Micheál Ó Mongáin is only thirteen years old.
agus an duine is sine díobh seán mac lochlainn níl sé ach trí bliana fichead
and the oldest of them, Seán Mac Lochlainn, is only twenty-three years old.
níl an scór féin ag roinnt de na cailíní
some of the girls don't have the score themselves.
agus níl an chuid eile mórán níos mó
and the rest isn't much more.
tá a mbunáite gaolta lena chéile
their majority are related to each other.