Irish in Achill Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8gJCKfidfc
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Topics
Identified Speakers
The speaker is addressed as 'Thomas' and discusses local history and folklore, suggesting an older age and native speaker status.
Locations
bhí mé thoir ar an gcoill anois an lá faoi dheireadh agus thug mé faoi deara é leacht ansin
I was over at the wood the other day and I noticed a monument there.
an tormán a rugadh an tathair mánas ar an áit sin a bhfuil an leacht anois
the noise that the father Manus was born in the place where the monument is now
dtagadh
would come
baile mhic mhiacháin
Ballymacmoy
tháinig na francaigh
The rats came.
thug siad leofa troid
they brought a fight with them
agus chonaic mé
and I saw
saibhir i sasana agus rug sí greim air agus crochadh é mar a bhíodh ann ach anseo a rugadh é
Rich in England and she caught him and he was hanged as was the case but here he was born.
go raibh míle maith agat leis an chaint an philiúir faoi stair na háite seo agus tá muid
Thank you very much for the talk by the historian about the history of this place and we are
nach ea
isn't it
tá fáil
is available
aimsir chroch na sasanaigh an tathair mánas mac suibhne ach fágfaidh na buamaí ag muintir acla
The time the English hanged Father Manus Mac Suibhne but the bombs will leave the people of Achill.
mura ina chónaí
if not living
tá tú i do chónaí anseo
you live here
náid
zero