Duinnín agus an Bhean nár tugadh Nimh di (tuilleadh)

• ‘Bhí sailéid[veriant] ag Miss Montague. Ubh beirithe a bhí agam féin.’
  ‘Cad a bhí sa sailéid?’
  ‘Bradán stánaithe, leitís, tráta agus prátaí beirithe.’
  D’ith an Duinníneach slaimice aráin agus d’ól sé muigín tae, gan focal as [3rd pers sing prep pronoun]. D’ól Minnie deora beaga tae ón mhuigín aici siúd go béasach agus chogain sí grabhóga aráin lena fiacla tosaigh mar dhéanfadh coinín.

  ‘Miss Montague had a salad. I myself had a boiled egg.’
  ‘What was in the salad?’
  ‘Canned salmon, lettuce, a tomato, and boiled potatoes.’
  Dineen ate a chunk of bread and drank a little mug of tea, without a word out of him. Minnie drank small drops of tea from her little mug there politely and she chewed bread crumbs with her front teeth like a rabbit would.

  sailéad	salad	m gs npl sailéid
  Bradán	salmon
  stánaithe	canned
  muga	mug	m
  deoir	drop	f npl deora
  béasach	Well-behaved; mannerly, polite
  cogain	chew
  grabhróg	crumb	f npl grabhróga
  tosaigh	begin, start
  tosach	beginning, front	m gs tosaigh

  
  

• ‘On uair go bhfuil sí mímhuiníneach asam, beidh orm imeacht ón teach agus níl aon áit le dul agam.’
  ‘Téigh abhaile anois a Mhinnie agus tabharfaidh mé cuaird ort amárach. Ní bheinn ach ag caitheamh tuairimí dá ndéarfainn aon ní anois ach thug tú ábhar machnaimh dom. Tá aithne agam ar sháirsint na bpóilíní i Ráth Maonais agus beidh focal agam leis. Conas mar a rachaidh tú abhaile?’
  ‘Ar an tram, a Athair.’
  ‘Siúlfaidh mé chomh fada leis an stad leat. Inis dom i dtaobh Augusta agus muid ag siúl. Murar tugadh nimh di agus, má deir na dochtúirí go raibh nimh sa chóras aici, tá seans gur thóg sí uaithi féin é, ach nach mian léi é admháil anois.’

  ‘Since the time she has been suspicious of me, I will have to leave the house and have nowhere to go.
  ‘Go home now Minnie and I will visit you tomorrow. I would only be guessing if I said anything now but you gave me food for thought. I know the police sergeant in Rathmines and I will have a word with him. How will you go home?’
  ‘On the tram, Father.’
  ‘I will walk as far as the stop with you. Tell me about Augusta as we walk. Unless she was given poison, if the doctors say she had poison in the system, there is a chance she took it herself, but she does not want to admit it now.’

  mímhuiníneach	Distrustful; doubtful, suspicious
  tuairim	opinion	f pl tuairimí
  machnamh	Wonder; Reflection, contemplation.	m
  ábhar machnaimh	food for thought
  mian	desire	f
  admháil	Acknowledgement, admission	f

  
  

• ‘Ní dhéanfadh sí a leithéid. Ba pheaca é. Lena chois sin tá sí an-sásta lena saol faoi láthair. Beidh dán aici in Iris an Pharóiste go luath: “An Rós Nár Stoitheadh” le Augusta Millicent Montague. Tá sí ag beartú leabhar filíochta a fhoilsiú.’
  ‘Go bhfóire Dia orainn!’
  An mhaidin dár gcionn, bhuail an Duinníneach isteach i stáisiún na bpóilíní i Ráth Maonais. Leag sé a hata agus a chuid leabhar ar an gcuntar agus d’iarr sé ‘mo chara, mo namhaid, an Sáirint Phil’ ar an gconstábla a diúité.
  ”Bhfuil smacht agat ar an gcopail “is” go fóill?’ arsa an Duinníneach ag craitheadh lámh leis an bhfear ard scrogallach meánaosta a tháinig chuige.

  ‘She would not do such a thing. It would be a sin. Besides that she is very happy with her life at present. She will soon have a poem in the Parish Magazine: “The Rose not picked” by Augusta Millicent Montague. She is planning to publish a poetry book.’
  ‘God help us!’
  The next morning Dineen happened to come into the Rathmines police station He laid his hat and his book on the counter and he asked for ‘my friend, my enemy, Sergeant Phil’ to the constable on duty.
  ‘Do you still have control over the “is” copula?’ said Dineen shaking hands with the tall, long-necked middle-aged man who came to him.
  

  Lena chois sin	Along with that, besides
  iris	Journal, magazine, gazette	f
  Stoitheadh	pull, extraction	m
  beartú	plan, scheme	m
  namhaid	enemy	m
  smacht	Rule, regulation, ordinance	m
  craith = croith	shake
  scrogallach	long-necked

  
  

• ‘Bhuail tú isteach chun ceacht a thabhairt dom, nó an ag iarraidh scailliún agus cairéidí ó mo phlásán talún[var gen] atá tú? Tar isteach im oifig, tá teas éigin ann.’
  “Tháinig mé chun cainte leat faoi Augusta Montague atá istigh in Ospidéal Mercer’s agus í in ainriocht de bharr nimhe.’
  ‘Tháinig scéala ón Ospidéal anois beag go bhfuil sí slán agus go mbeidh cead abhaile aici faoi cheann cúpla lá. Rinne an dochtúir anailisiú ar[prep] ar[past relative particle] shúigh sé as a bolg lena phumpa. Sub­staint nimhneach, mar a bheadh atraipín, a dúirt se. Bhí comharthaí sóirt an othair ag teacht leis sin, síorútamáil leis na lámha, meánfhaíoch bailbhe lúbarnach.’

  ‘You dropped in to give me a lesson, or are you looking for scallions and carrots from my plot of land? Come into my office, there is some heat there.’
  ‘I came to talk to you about Augusta Montague who is in Mercer’s Hospital and in a bad way because of poison.’
  ‘News came from the Hospital now that she is safe and that she will be allowed home in a few days. The doctor analyzed what he sucked out of her stomach with his pump. A poisonous substance, like atropine, he said. The variety of symptoms was consistent with that, constant fumbling with the hands, yawning, stammering, and writhing.

  scailliún	Scallion; Immature, underdeveloped, thing	m
  cairéid	carrot
  plásán	Level, smooth, patch; plot, lawn	m
  ainriocht	evil state, bad shape	m
  de bharr	because of
  anois beag	just now
  scéala	News, tidings	m
  súigh	Absorb, suck
  comhartha	sign, make; signal; symptom; indication	m
  comharthaí sóirt	description, appearance; identifying marks
  othar	Invalid, patient	m
  meánfhaíoch = méanfach	yawning, yawn	f
  bailbhe	Dumbness, muteness; stammering
  lúbarnach	Twisting, writhing, wriggling
  útamáil	puttering

  
  

• ‘Ní hé gur dhein sí iarracht an bás a thabhairt di féin?’
  ‘Cá bhfaigheadh sí Belladona atropa, nó atraipin an phoitigéara gan oideas? Ní hí an cineál duine, í a dhéanfadh a leithéid. Baineann sí spraoí as a bheith ag cur comhairle a leasa ar an sagart paróiste agus ag tabhairt orduithe don luichín mná sin atá mar chompánach aici.’
  ‘Tháinig Minnie Hayes ar cuairt chugam.’
  ‘An luichín a chas. . .’
  ‘Sin é do thuairim?’

  ‘Did she not try to kill herself?’
  ‘Where would she get Belladona atropa or Pharmaceutical atropine without a prescription? She is not the sort of person that would do such a thing. She enjoys giving good advice to the parish priest and giving orders to the little mouse woman that is her companion.’
  ‘Minnie Hayes came to visit me.’
  ‘The mouse turned …’
  ‘Is that your opinion?’

  poitigéir	Pharmaceutical chemist	m
  oideas	Instruction, teaching; Prescription
  leas	Good, well-being, benefit, interest

  
  

• ‘An nia mo chéad rogha. Bhi sé istigh san Ospidéal romham inniu agus binsín bláth aige. Thógas i leataoibh é chun comhrá a dhéanamh leis. Bhí sé lán de lán, a dhá chois ‘má[umá] seach, todóg ina bhéal. Fear mór gnó, más fíor. “Céard tá á dhéanamh ag na póilíní chun an té a choir [chuir] nimh i súp m’Aintín Aggie a aimsiú?” ar seisean. “Cé d’inis duit gur sa súp a cuireadh é,” arsa mise. “Murar cuireadh sa súp é, cuireadh sa chaifé nó in áit éigin é, is dócha,” ar seisean. “Is cinnte nach dtógfadh sí nimh, dá deoin féin.” Leagfainn mo léine air, a Athair, gur imir an boc san cleas éigin, ach ní fheicim cén chaoi ar dhein sé é.’[end p 29]

  ‘The nephew [is] my first choice. He was in the Hospital in front of me today with a little bunch of flowers. I took him aside to have a chat with him. He was full of himself, his two legs crossed, cigar in his mouth. Big businessman, if true, “What are the police doing to find the person who put the poison in my Aunt Aggie’s soup?” he said. “Who told you it was put in the soup?” I said. “If no put in the soup, it was put in the coffee or somewhere, likely,” he said. “She certainly wouldn’t take poison of her own will.” I would bet my shirt on it, Father, that the fellow played some trick, but I do not see how he did it.

  nia	nephew	m
  binsín	little bunch	m
  seach	By, past, beyond; Other than, rather than, more than
  coir	Crime, offence; fault. transgression	f
  aimsiú	aim; hit; attack	m
  deoin	Will, consent	f
  boc	fellow	m

  
  

• ‘Chuardaigh sibh an teach, a Phil?’
  ‘Ní bhfuaireamar tada.’
  ‘Ba mhaith liom dá dtiocfá ann anois liomsa arís. Tá Minnie ag súil liom. Tá tuairim ag borradh im[i mo] cheann. Ba mhaith liom dá mbeifeá im theannta.’
  Cúig nóiméad ina dhiaidh sin, chnagadar ar dhoras Augusta.
  ‘An ndéanfá pota tae dom féin agus don Sáirsint, a Mhinnie?’
  ‘Déanfad agus fáilte,’ ar sise, ach thuig an Duinníneach, ón scáil a ghluais thar a haghaidh i dtosach, nach móide go mbeadh cead déanta tae, ar a toil, aici, de réir rialacha an tí.

  ‘Did you search the house, Phil?’
  ‘We found nothing.’
  ‘I wish you would come there again with me. Minnie is expecting me. An idea is growing in my head. I would like it if you were along with me.’
  Five minutes later, they knocked on Augusta’s door.
  ‘Would you make a pot of tea for me and the Sergeant, Minnie?’
  ‘I will and welcome,’ she said, but Dineen understood, from the shadow that moved over her face at first, making tea was probably not permitted, according to the rules of the house.

  <tdm

  Cuardaigh	search
  borr	swell, grow, prosper
  teannta	trait, difficulty, predicament; Prop, support; Foothold, grip
  scáil	shadow, shade, darkness; reflection, image; gleam	f
  gluais	set in motion, stir, go
  móide	more, plus	← mór + de
  Ní móide go	probably not, hardly

  
  

• Chuaigh siad in aírde staighre i dtosach. D’oscail siad tarraiceáin. D’fhéach siad i gcófraí. Ní raibh de smideadh ag Miss Montague ach pota beag rouge, púdar bándearg agus beoldath corcra.
  ‘Ní chuireadh sí Belladonna ina súile chun na himrisc a leathadh?’
  ‘Baol uirthi!’
  Bhí Opas Tablets, Beechams Pills agus ola ae troisc cois leapa. Ní raibh ach Coróin Mhuire cois leapa ag Minnie.
  ‘Nil uisce reatha thuas staighre, a Athair Pádraig. Tá an leithreas amuigh ar chúl an tí.’

  They went upstairs first. They opened drawers. They looked in chests. The only make-up Miss Montague had was a small pot of rouge, pink powder, purple lipstick.
  ‘Wouldn’t she put Belladonna in her eyes to dilate the irises?’
  ‘Little danger of that!’
  There were Opas Tablets, Beechams Pills, and cod-liver oil at the foot of the bed. Minnie only had a rosary at the foot of her bed.
  ‘No running water upstairs, Father Patrick. The toilet is outside the back of the house.’

  tarraiceán	drawer	m
  smideadh	make-up	m
  béaldath	Lipstick	m
  imreasc	iris [of eye]	m
  leathadh	Spreading, spread; diffusion	m
  ola ae troisc	cod-liver oil	f
  Coróin Mhuire	Rosary

  
  

• Ní raibh aon phlanda ag fás sa teach seachas Aspidistra sa halla agus Sansevieria sa seomra suí.
  ‘Téimis amach sa ghairdín.’
  Dhein Minnie luíochán orthu leis an bpota tae, áfach. Bhí roinnt ceapairí trátaí déanta aici agus Thin Arrowroot Biscuits leagtha amach ar phláta. Bhí an tae lag.
  ‘Biodh ceapairi agaibh,’ arsa Minnie
  ‘losfaidh tú féin ceann,’ arsa an Duinníneach go cneasta léi.
  ‘Ní íosfaidh, a Athair. D’ith mé carn díobh ag am lóin.’
  ‘An fhírinne, a Mhinnie!’ [end p 30]

  There was no plant growing in the house except Aspidistra in the hall and Sansevieria in the living room.
  ‘Let’s go out in the garden.’
  Minnie ambushed them with the teapot, however. She had made some tomato sandwiches and Thin Arrowroot Biscuits laid out on a plate. The tea was weak.
  ‘Have some sandwiches,’ Minnie said.
  ‘You will eat one yourself,’ Dineen said sincerely to her.
  ‘I will not eat, Father. I ate a pile of them at lunch time.’
  ‘The truth, Minnie!’

  luíochán	Lying in wait, ambush	m
  cneasta	Honest, sincere; Decent, seemly

  
  

• ‘Ní raibh ach an t-aon tráta amháin fágtha agus b’fhearr liom go mór fada é a bheith agaibhse. Bíonn gá ag fir le beathú.’
  ‘Tráta ón ngairdín é, a thaisce?’
  ‘An ceann deiridh. Ní raibh dóthain gréine ann chun dath a chur air ach d’fhilleas i bpáipéar nuachta é agus d’aibigh sé.’
  ‘Mholfainn duit gan an ceapaire sin a ithe, a Phil. Fianaise é,’ arsa an tAthair Pádraig go séimh. ‘Tóg amach ceann de na clúdaigh litreach sin a bhíonn id phóca agat agus cuir isteach ann é.’
  ‘Nior chuir mé aon ní sa cheapaire, a Athair,’ a dúirt Minnie agus i ar crith.

  There was only one tomato left and I would much rather you have it. Men need nourishment.’
  ‘A tomato from the garden, my dear?’
  ‘The last one. There was not enough sun to color it but I wrapped it in a newspaper and it ripened.’
  ‘I would advise you not to eat that sandwich, Phil. It is evidence,’ Father Patrick said softly. ‘Take out one of those envelopes you have in your pocket and put it in it.’
  ‘I didn’t put anything in the sandwich, Father.’ said Minnie trembling

  beathú	Feeding, nourishment	m
  A thaisce	my dear
  dóthain	Enough, sufficiency	f
  Fianaise	Witness, testimony, evidence
  clúdach	Covering; cover, wrap; lid	m
  clúdach litreach	envelope
  crith	Tremble, shiver; tremor, shudder; vibration, quiver	m

  
  

• ‘Tútachán me, a Mhinnie,’ arsa an Duinníncach, ‘mo mhíle leithscéal. Andrew a chuir nimh ann. Tá sé ag obair do tháirgeoir trátaí. Tá trataí sna ceapairí, trátaí sa sailéad, trátaí sa ghairdín. Is cuid den chlann mhór chéanna Solanacae, miotóg bhuí agus tráta.’
  ‘Ach níl nimh i dtrátaí, a Athair,’ arsa Minnie agus a súile leata.
  Rinne an Sáirsint gáire.
  ‘Síleann tú, a Athair, gur shleamhnaigh Andrew isteach sa ghairdín oíche éigin agus gur chuir sé nimh sna trátaí?’

  ‘That was mean of me, Minnie,’ Dineen said, ‘a thousand apologies. Andrew put poison there. He is working for a tomato producer. There are tomatoes in the sandwiches, tomatoes in the salad, tomatoes in the garden. Nightshade and tomatoes are part of the same large family Solanacae.
  ‘But tomatoes are not poisonous, Father,’ Minnie said and her eyes widened.
  The Sergeant laughed.
  ‘Do you think, Father, that Andrew slipped into the garden one night and put poison in the tomatoes?’

  Tútachán	Crude, awkward, person; Mean, churlish, person	m
  táirgeoir	producer	m
  leath	spread, widen	v
  sleamhnaigh	slide, slip

  
  

• ‘Nigh mise iad.’
  ‘Instealladh atá i gceist ag an Athair Pádraig b’fhéidir. Caithfidh nár chuimhnigh sé go bhfuil an teach seo mar chuid de chearnóg a bhfuil na gairdíní uilig ar an taobh istigh. Táim drochamhrasach i dtaobh Andrew ach ní fheicim go mbeadh slí isteach sa ghairdín aige i ngan fhios daoibh.’
  ‘Amach linn sa ghairdín,’ arsa an Duinníneach.
  Ni raibh ann ach clós, cró aoldaite don leithreas, seid le móin inti agus fáisceadán éadaigh.
  ‘Sin[Is in] an tigín gloine a rinne Andrew,’ arsa Minnie.
  ‘Nil tada anseo,’ arsa an Sáirsint. Tá na gasanna féin críon.’

  ‘I washed them.’
  ‘Father Patrick may be referring to an injection. He must have forgotten that this house is part of a square with all the gardens on the inside. I am suspicious of Andrew but I do not see that he would have a way into the garden without your knowledge
  ‘Let us go out in the garden,’ said Dineen.
  There was nothing in the yard but the whitewashed toilet outhouse, a shed for turf, and a clothes wringer.
  ‘That’s the glass hut that Andrew made,’ said Minnie.
  ‘Nothing here,’ said the sergeant. ‘The stalks themselves are withered.’

  Instealladh	injection	m
  cearnóg	square	f
  amhrasach	doubtful, suspicious
  clós	Close, enclosure; yard	m
  cró	eye, socket; bore; ring; enclosure; outhouse	m
  aoldathaigh	whitewash
  seid	shed	f
  móin	Turf, peat	f
  fáisceadán éadaigh	clothes wringer
  gas	Stalk, stem	m var pl gasanna
  críon	Old; withered, decayed

  
  

• ‘A Mhinnie, a thaisce, ‘bhfuil lián nó a leithéid agat?’ arsa an tAthair Pádraig.
  Thug sí spúnóg mhór dó.
  ‘Ní mian liom an gas a bhaint den phréamh,’ ar seisean. ‘Seo, a Phil, coinnigh greim ar an mbarr.’
  ‘An tAthair Pádraig, seandálaí!’ arsa an Sáirsint go magúil ach dhein sé rud air.
  ‘Práta!’ arsa Minnie agus iontas uirthi nuair a ghéill an planda don tarraingt agus don tochailt.
  ‘Fata faoi thráta!’ arsa an Sáirsint agus iontas air siúd freisin.

  ‘Minnie, my dear, do you have a trowel or the like?’ said Father Patrick.
  She gave him a big spoon.
  ‘I don’t want to remove the stem from the root,’ he said. ‘Here, Phil, hold on to the top.’
  ‘Father Patrick, archaeologist!’ said the sergeant jokingly but he did it for him.
  ‘Potato!’ said Minnie with surprise when the plant yielded to the pulling and digging.
  ‘Potato under tomato!’ said the Sergeant, surprised.

  lián	trowel	m
  mian	desire	f
  gas	Stalk, stem	m var pl gasanna
  préamh = fréamh	root	f
  seandálaí	archaeologist	m
  magúil	Mocking, jeering, jesting
  géill	yield, submit to
  tochailt	Digging, excavation; uprooting	f
  fata = práta	potato	m

  
  

• ‘Tabhair isteach sa chistin é go ndéanfaimid é a iniúchadh,’ arsa an Duinníneach.
  Leag se anuas ar éadach boird Augusta é agus thug sé léacht beag don bheirt eile.
  ‘Feiceann sibh anseo práta mór agus gas ag fás aníos as. Féachaigí go cúramach ar an ngas sin. Céard a fheiceann tú ansin, a Phil, sé orlach ón tiúbar?’
  ‘Tá cnapán sa ghas. Tá sé cosúil leis an mburla i gcrann róis áit a ndéantar stoc agus buinneán a nódú ina chéile.’
  ‘Agus sin é go díreach a tharla anseo. Cheangail duine éigin buinneán tráta le stoc práta. Ghabhfaidis a chéile mar gur den chlann chéanna iad araon. Tá barr tráta pósta ar bhun práta.’

  ‘Bring it into the kitchen so we can inspect it,’ said Dineen.
  He set it down on Augusta’s tablecloth and gave a little lecture to the other two.
  ‘Here you see a large potato and a stem growing out of it. Look carefully at that stem. What do you see then, Phil, six inches from the tuber?’
  ‘There is a lump on the stem. It’s like the burl in a rose tree where stock and sprout are grafted together.’
  ‘And that is exactly what happened here. Someone tied a tomato shoot to a potato stock. They would take hold of each other because they are both of the same family. A tomato top is married to a potato bottom.’

  éadach	cloth	m
  léacht	lecture	f
  gas	Stalk, stem	m var pl gasanna
  orlach	inch	m
  tiúbar	tuber	m
  cnapán	lump	m
  burla	bundle, sroll
  buinneán	Slender shoot, sprout	m
  stoc	stock, stalk	m
  nódú	graft, transplantation	m
  araon	both

  
  

• ‘Is dóca go gcaithfidh gur dheín Andrew é,’ arsa Minnie, ‘ach cad chuige go ndéanfadh sé é agus cén dochar a dhéanfadh a leithéid? Ithimid trátaí agus prátaí de réir mar is mian linn.’
  ‘Ach ní itheann éinne gas an phráta. Tá san nimhneach, glicealcalóideach ann mar a bheadh in Belladonna. De réir mar a bhí tusa, a Mhinnie, ag leasú agus ag uisciú leat go macánta, bhí na duilleoga seo ag déanamh nimhe agus á stóráil sna trátaí. Níor ghá don mharaitheoir aon ní a dhéanamh ach fanacht.’
  ‘Ach dá mba rud é gur roinn Augusta na trátaí ormsa? … Níorbh fhéidir go mbeadh a fhios aige go gcoinneodh sí iad ar fad di féin . . .

  ‘Probably Andrew must have done it,’ said Minnie, ‘but why would he do it and what harm would such a thing do? We eat tomatoes and potatoes as we wish.’
  ‘But no one eats the stalk of the potato. That is poisonous, a glycoalkaloid there like would be in Belladona. As you were fertilizing and irrigating, Minnie, so honestly, these leaves were making poison and storing it in the tomatoes. The killer didn’t have to do anything but wait.’
  ‘But what if it was the case be/what that Augusta shared the tomatoes with me? … He could not have known that she would keep them all to herself. . .’

  dóca = dócha
  dochar	Harm; hurt, injury; loss, distress	m
  de réir	according to
  nimhneach	painful, hurtful
  alcalóideach	alkaloid	m
  leasú	Amendment, improvement; Dressing, currying; fertilizing/fertilizer	m
  uisciú	irrigation
  macánta	Childlike; gentle, meek, mild; honest
  gá	need, requirement	m

  
  

• ‘
  ‘A Mhinnie, a chroí, sílim gur róchuma leis san. Ní bheadh anáid le híoc leat mura mbeifeá ann.’
  Fágadh faoin Sáirsint plé leis an nia nimhneach.
  Chuaigh an Duinníneach chun cainte le Miss Montague san Ospidéal. Thuig sí, agus é ag fágáil slán léi, go mbeadh fear a dúnmharaithe fós ag feitheamh léi murach gur íarr Minnie cúnamh ar an Athair Pádraig. Thuig sí gur ghá di féachaint chuige gur ith Minne mar ba chóir, gur ól sí tae nuair ba mhian léi, gur cuireadh pluideanna breise ar a leaba, gur íocadh tuarastal cóir lei. Thuig sí freisin go mbeadh an tAthair Pádraig ag teacht ar cuairt chucu araon aon uair go mbeadh sé ag dul thar bráid.
  ‘Beidh fáilte romhat, a Athair,’ ar sise agus nimh ina glór.

  ‘Minnie, my dear, I think that was a matter of complete indifference to him. The annuity wouldn’t be paid to you if you were not there.
  It was left to the sergeant to deal with the poisoning nephew.
  Dineen went to speak with Miss Montague in the hospital. She understood, as he bade her farewell, that a man would still be waiting to murder her if Minnie had not asked for help from Fr. Patrick. She understood that she needed to see to it that Minnie ate as she should, that she drank tea when she wished, that additional blankets were put on her bed, that she would be paid fair wages. She also understood that Father Patrick would be coming to visit both of them whenever he passed by.
  ‘You will be welcome, Father,’ she said with poison in her voice.

  plé	Discussion, disputation; dealings
  feitheamh	Watch, look-out, guard; Wait, expectation	m
  murach	If not, only
  cúnamh	help	m
  gá	need, requirement	m
  féachaint	look; appearance; aspect; trial, test	f
  pluid	blanket	f pl pluideanna
  breis	increase, addition	f
  íoc	pay	v
  tuarastal	salary, wages; hire	m
  braid	neck	f
  Dul thar braid	pass by

  
  

TITHE GLOINE

• Aguisín
  
  IMEACHTAÍ NA SAOIRSE AGUS SCÉIM NA dTITHE GLOINE

  Tar éis Imeachtaí na Saoirse, a léamh is fiú súil a chaitheamh siar ar an gcúlra staire atá mar néal bhagrach os cionn an stáitse: eachtra ainnis na dtithe. Mar seo a fríothadh sna Tuairiscí Dála é, agus go deimhin is dráma ann féin é.

  Addendum
  
  PROCEEDINGS OF FREEDOM AND A PLAN FOR GREENHOUSES

  After reading Proceedings of Freedom it is worth casting an eye on the historical background that is a threatening cloud over the states: the misery of the houses. This is how it was found in the Dáil Reports, and it is certainly a drama itself.

  Aguisín	Addition, addendum	M
  néal	cloud
  eachtra	adventure	f
  ainnis	Miserable; mean; wretched, afflicted; Awkward, ungainly
  fríothadh = fríth	find; finding
  tuairisc	Information, tidings; Account, report, statement	f

  
  

• DÁIL ÉIREANN: 5 BEALTAINE 1948

  D’fhiafraigh Gearóid Mac Pharthaláin den Aire Talmhaíochta an abródh[???] sé i leith Scéim na dTithe Gloine i gConamara cé mhéad acu a bhí ceaptha; cé hiad na háiteacha a ceapadh lena n-aghaidh; cé mhéad tithe a ceapadh le haghaidh gach áit acu; agus má rinneadh aon athrú ar an scéim, an dtabharfadh miontuairisc ar an athrú sin.

  Dáil of Ireland, May 5, 1948

  Gearóid Mac Pharthaláin asked the Minister for Agriculture if he [would ???] on behalf of the Connemara Greenhouse Scheme how many of them were built; what places were designed for that purpose; how many houses were planned for each place; if any change had been made to the scheme, would he give a detailed report of that change.

  aire	care, attention	f
  aire	minister [of state]	m
  i leith	in the direction of; tending toward; in favor of; on behalf of

  
  

Nótaí faoi scéalta

For February: Next Dineen story through the last full paragraph on p. 39.