Turas Siar 158 - Máire Uí Chaoimh as an gCloich Mhóir, Acaill, ag caint le Máirtín Mac Donnchadha faoi Bhríd Mhic Confhaola, filíocht ‘Seán agus An Bás’

Ná leis a chroitheadh an lámh.

Do not shake the hand.

bin.

bin

Seanathair Mathair Mór

Grandfather Grandmother.

Ó muise.

Oh indeed..

yea seo

Yes this.

Sé

Six.

Tá mathair

There is a mother.

Mathair Mórsa Seán Phaddle Peadar

Mother of Seán Phaddle Peadar.

Shéamais Bhriain an t-ainm a bhí air.

His name was Séamas Bhriain.

Sea

Yes. If you are finding the dialect difficult to understand (North Connacht Irish), there is sometimes a standard Irish version available here also: .

So

So. If you are finding the dialect difficult to understand (North Connacht Irish), there is sometimes a standard Irish version available here also:.

Thabharfadh sé sin siar cinnte go dtí lár an an naoú aois déag thú abair.

That would certainly take you back to the mid-nineteenth century, say.

I lár an an 19ú aois.

In the middle of the 19th century.

Déarfainn go raibh.

I would say that...

As sin amach bhí sé

From then on, that was it.