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Bhí conaí ar an oileáin seo, i bhfad roimhe cuimhne sínseara na bhfear seo.

There were people living on the island long before the ancestors of these men

seo an béile mór

here is the big meal.

carn mór sliogán agus gaineamh

a large pile of shells and sand

agus fritheadh iarsmaí an seo ó thús ré na críostaíochta

and remains were found here from the beginning of the Christian era.

tá an daonra seasca troigh ar airde

the population is sixty feet tall.

agus cúig céad troigh trasna

and five hundred feet across.

ba é an scoláire francis sonraí a rinne staidéar ar an láthair

The scholar Francis Sonraí was the one who studied on site.

agus ar láithreacha eile na seandálaíochta in inis gé

and on other archaeological sites in Inis Gé.

ceann de na leacracha is feiceálaí anseo

One of the most prominent stones here.