Duinnín i Ráth Maonais (tuilleadh)

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• ‘Charlotte Lehane a d’aimsigh an corpan, a Athair.’
  ‘Mar sin é, a Sheosaimh?’
  ‘Níorbh fhéidir lei – deir sí – ligint dá comharsa an séú
  haithne a bhriseadh os comhair an tsaoil gan comhairle a leasa a
  chur uirthi. Ní túisce X imithe nár gur thrasnaigh Charlotte an
  bóthar. Chnag sí ar an doras – tá a méarlorg ar an gcnagaire.
  Nuair nach bhfuair sí freagra thuig sí go raibh náire ar an
  bpeacach roimpi. Chuaigh sí thart ar chúl an tí, grásta Dé á
  spreagadh, a deir sí. Bhí a fhios aici cá mbeadh eochair an
  chúldorais. Bhíodh sí mór le Nellie gur éirigh eatarthu i ngeall
  ar John Pinkerton. Isteach lei sa chistin. Bhí Nellie ar an urlar
  roimpi, marbh más fior.’

  ‘Charlotte Lehane found the body, Father.’
  ‘So that’s it, Joseph?’
  ‘She couldn’t – she says – allow her neighbor to break the sixth commandment in front of the world without giving her advice for her well-being. No sooner had X gone than Charlotte crossed the road. She knocked on the door – her fingerprint is on the knocker. When she did not receive an answer, she understood that the sinner before her was ashamed. She walked around the back of the house, inspired by God’s grace, she says. She knew where the back door key would be. She was friendly with Nellie until they quarreled on account of John Pinkerton. Into the kitchen. Nellie was on the floor
  before her, dead as it were.’

  ligint
  comharsa	neighbor	f
  séú	sixth	m
  aithne	acquaintance, commandment	f
  comhairle	Advice, counsel; direction, influence	f
  leas	Good, well-being, benefit, interest	m gs leasa
  túisce
  trasnaigh	Cross; traverse, intersect; Contradict; interrupt, heckle; interfere
  náire	shame	f
  peacach	sinner	m
  grásta	grace	m
  spreag	Urge, incite; arouse, inspire; prompt, encourage
  i ngeall	in pledge

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Duinnín i Ráth Maonais

Also Duinnín i Ráth Maonais

Fairim … I watch, guard; notice, perceive; spy (with ar); I wake or hold a wake on; I keep a thing from (ar); Tá sé ag faire na taoide ar an dtráigh, he is endeavoring to keep the tide away from the strand, attempting to do the impossible (Con.); ag faire an chait ar an mbainne … sean-duine ‘na chodladh agus seana-bhean ag faire uirthe féin … d’fhaireas go bhfaca é …. [the cat watching for milk…an old person asleep and an old woman watching herself … I watched him see it.]

• Ní raibh an tAthair Pádraig O Duinnín rócheanúil ar Miss
  Charlotte Lehane a raibh cónaí uirthi i Lána na Sceach, Ráth
  Maonais. Mar sin féin, shuíodh sé ina parlús – seomra tosaigh
  dorcha, troscánshactha – uair sa ráithe, nó mar sin, agus
  thugadh sé deis di sceitheadh uirthi féin. Lig sí uirthi riamh
  nach raibh ach gannchuid Gaelainne aici
  ‘Mummy, and Daddy didn’t speak Irish but the servant girl did…’

  Father Patrick Dineen was not too fond of Miss Charlotte Lehane
  who lived in Thornbush Lane, Rathmines. Even so, he used to sit in her parlor –
  a dark front room, stuffed furniture -once a quarter, or so,
  he gave her a chance to express/explode herself. She always pretended to
  speak only a little bit of Irish.

  ‘Mummy and Daddy didn’t speak Irish but the servant girl did…’

  ceanúil	Loving, affectionate
  Sceach	Thorn-bush	f
  Mar sin féin	Even so
  troscán	furniture	m
  ráithe	Three-month period, quarter, season	f
  Gaelainn = gaeilge

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