Irish in Achill Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8gJCKfidfc
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Identified Speakers
The speaker is addressed as 'Thomas' and discusses local history and folklore, suggesting an older age and native speaker status.
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agus cad é do thuairim anois uirthi shasana
and what is your opinion now of england
d'fhan síle
Síle stayed.
is breá an tír í
It's a fine country
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bíodh cinnte!
be sure of it!
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ansin
then
d'fhan sí
she stayed
nach raibh aon chuairteoir anseo
that there was no visitor here
cuartaíonn
searches
cuairteoirí mbíonn siad ar fad sa teach
Visitors are all in the house.
bheul bhíodh
well, (there) used to be
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bhuel bhí ach ní bhíonn anois tá deichniúr againn féin ann agus anseo
Well there was but there isn't now we have ten ourselves there and here
tá a lán a lán an tí
there is a lot of the house
nnnn nnnn
nnnn nnnn
sin é an chaoí 'a bhfuil sé
that's the way it is / goes
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tá samhradh breá ab ea
it was a fine summer