Rí na mBréag
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The speaker's name is mentioned in the description. The dialect region is inferred from the use of 'tigeann' and 'tig leat' in the transcript, which are markers of the Erris dialect.
bhí rí ann uair amháin
There was a king once.
agus chuir sé dtús amach
and he started out.
bith a bheith in ann é a bhaint as
always be able to remove it.
agus bhí go leor
and there was a lot.
rí agus prionsaí
king and princes
agus go leor fir léannta ag tíocht chomh fada leis
and many learned men coming as far as it.
agus ní raibh siad in ann é a bhuaidh a fháil air
and they were not able to defeat him.
ach bhí mac baintrí ann agus bhí sé an-bhocht ach go raibh sé an-chliste
but there was a widow's son and he was very poor but he was very clever.
agus
and
ní raibh
was not
éadaí bláfar ná rud ar bith aige agus b'éigean dó culaith éadaigh a fháil
Warm clothes or anything he had not, and he had to get a suit of clothes.
ó heodhasa a chur air
from putting it on him
agus chuaigh sé chomh fada leis an rí
and he went as far as the king.
nuair a tháinig searbhóntaí an rí lig sé thairis iad á marú féin ag gáirí faoi
when the king's servants came he let them pass by killing themselves laughing about it.
ach ar chuma ar bith
but anyway