Duinnín agus na Beacha (tuilleadh)

• Bhí Cáit ag súil go gcaithfeadh sé an oíche ar an settle sa chistin acu siúd ach bhí a chroí rólán chuige. D’éalaigh sé amach bealach an chnoic trí pháirceanna Mholly – thíos uaidh sa ghleann, páistí Cháit ag spraoi … dhá fholt fionn agus folt donn . . . gáire ard caol leanaí. Chuala sé glór Cháit ag insint dó go soilbhir, faoi dhiscréid, go mbeadh a céile, Tom, ag ceannach na talún ó Nóra … soláthar don triúr leanbh … íoc thar thréimhse … iasacht an árthaigh … siúicre san earrach … siopa … bainis . . spanlóir de sprionlóir ar shlí na fírinne … deis a thabhairt don óige … úsc nimhneach ó na ródaideandróin a chur sa siúicre … seans go n-oibreodh sé, seans nach n-oibreodh. Dá n-oihreodh, bheadh feirm Uí Shé le díol / le ceannach – ar phraghas insroichte / réasúnta … thar thréimhse.

  Kate was hoping he would spend the night on the settle they had in the kitchen, but his heart was too full to him. He escaped out the way of the hill through Molly’s fields. Below him in the valley Kate’s children were playing … two blond heads and a brown head … the high thin laugh of children. He heard Kate’s voice telling him clearly, discretely, that her husband, Tom, would be buying the land from Nora … provide for three children … pay over time … lending the container … sugar in spring … shop … wedding … Spindle-legged person of a miser to his eternal reward … giving the youth an opportunity … put poisonous extract from the rhododendrons in the sugar … chance it would work, chance it would not. If it worked, O’Shea’s farm would be for sale/purchase – at an affordable/reasonable price … over time.

  rólán	too full
  folt	Hair (of head); (pl.) locks, tresses	m
  soilbhir	Pleasant, cheerful; jovial, merry; ready of speech, well-spoken
  discréid	discretion	f
  iasacht	Lending, borrowing; loan	f
  árthach	Vessel, ship, boat; container	m gs árthaigh
  bainis	weddijng
  spanlóir	Spindle-legged person
  sprionlóir	Mean, miserly, person; miser, skinflint	m
  ar shlí na fírinne	to his/her/their eternal reward
  deis	opportunity [here]	f
  úsc	fat, grease; extract	m
  insroichteacht	insroichteacht

  
  
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Duinnín agus na Beacha

Saite, a swarm (of bees, {et cetera})… MacShaithe, a second swarm
cráin beiche, a female bee
máthair áil, mother of a brood, a prolific mother, a queen-bee
céir bheach, bees wax, honey in the comb
fig. what is choice or perfect; c. bheach is péarla na Muimhneach, the choice and pearl of the men of Munster; but (iron.) Tá sé ‘na céir bheach agat

• Bhí an tAthair Pádraig istigh sa Leabharlann Náisiúnta, falla foclóirí[gpl] thart air, píosaí páipéir le focail luachmhara breactha orthu ag titim ina gconfetti ar an urlár thart air. Taobh leis bhí East Lynne le Mrs. Henry Woods [Diolann Amazon an leabhar sin]. Bhí dhá chairéad, duileasc agus úll leagtha amach go néata ar an leabhar seo. Léifadh sé Mrs. Henry ag am lóin chun a intinn a fhuaradh. Go dtí sin, choinneodh sí na cairéidí amach ón dúch.

  Father Dineen was in the National Library, a wall of dictionaries around him, pieces of paper with valuable words written on them falling like confetti on the floor around him. Beside him was East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Woods. There were two carrots, dulse[a seaweed] and an apple were neatly laid out on this book. He would read Mrs. Henry at lunchtime to cool his mind. Until then, she would keep the carrots out of the ink.

  falla = balla	wall	m
  luachmhar	Valuable, costly, precious
  breactha	speckled, dappled; written
  cairéad	carrot	m
  duileasc	dulse[a seaweed]

  
  
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