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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tá sibh amach ar pháirceanna
You are out on fields.
b'éigean dúinn ár seoltaí do bhaill bhí sé ina dheatach
we had to lower our sails it was in smoke.
bhíodh tine agus leapacha agus 'chuile shórt agus you know bhí muid
There used to be a fire and beds and everything and you know we were.
dhá áit ag bord an deiscirt
two places at the southern table
micheal
micheal
dá dheartháir
to his brother
caithfidh tú airgead a bheith agat ach ní raibh airgead ar bith ort leis an cheist is mó
You must have money but you had no money at all with the biggest question.
as airgead a chur síos
to put down money
níor caitheadh pingin a chur síos fuair siad na báid agus fuair sé na fir
Not a penny was spent to put down, they got the boats and he got the men.
agus
and
bhí siad ag obair uirthi
They were working on it.