Irish in Achill Part II
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The speaker mentions being 65 years old and uses dialect-specific vocabulary and constructions typical of Achill.
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mura mbíodh mórán tóir ar iasc an uair sin ag daoine
if there was not much demand for fish at that time by people.
sasana agus iad ag ceannacht na rún
England and them buying the secrets.
nach muid a mharú bhíodh fairsinge eoraip
that we would not be killed there used to be a vastness of Europe.
an bhfuair tú an máistir mé riamh ar an bhfarraige
Did you ever find the master of me on the sea?
thiar ansin tuairim deich míle taobh thiar dho na bóithrí
back there about ten miles behind the roads.
agus go mb'éigean dó na seoltaí a chealú
and that he had to cancel the sails.
agus isteach orm céard a chur uirthi
and in on me what to put on her.