Return to Inishkea, 1988 part 2/3

neart leapacha

plenty of beds

agus ar aon chaoi gur fhág sibh an troscán sa teach

and anyway that you left the furniture in the house.

dá bhrí sin nuair a bhí siad iascaireachta sin

Therefore when they were fishing.

ansin ag cur le hobair san oíche sin thug siad isteach é an iascaire

then adding to the work that night they brought in the fisherman.

cé

who

mar a bhí leis

as it was.

chuaigh mé ar ais

I went back.

chaith mé

I spent

chuaigh mé suas le fiche geimhreadh agus samhradh

I went up with twenty winters and summers.

tar éis chuairt an t-oileán a fhágáil mar a déarfá

after leaving the island, as you might say.

t-oileán a fhágáil mar a déarfá

leave the island as you would say

mar sin é an faitíos a bhí ceann ar an teach mar sin a bhí

so that is the fear that was on the house so it was.

fainic

Caution

a bhí ann nach raibh an lá cheana

that was not the day before