Duinnín i Lios Dúin Bhearna

Dineen in Lisdoonvarna

Neamhan … a royston crow, a raven; fury, madness; Nemetona, Neid’s wife Dé Néid,a war-goddess, one of the Mór-ríoghna; cf. badhbh, macha … neamhain deagh, sparks of fire …

• Londain
  Thaitin sé riamh leis an Duinnineach dul go Londain ag tabhairt léachta do cheann éigin de chraobhacha Chonradh na Gaeilge sa chathair sin, D’íocadh an Conradh fiacha taistil. Bhíodh deis aige cúpla lá a chaitheamh ag taighdeadh lámhscríbhinní na Gaeilge i leabharlann Mhúsaem na Breataine agus d’fhaigheadh sé deis, ina léacht, a raibh le rá aige, pé ní é, a rá go neamhbhalbh. Bhiodh rud éigin le rá aige, go neamhbhalbh, i gcónai. An oíche seo, ach go háirithe, i gCraobh Putney de Chonradh na Gaeilge, bhí sé chun a raibh i láthair a chur ar an eolas i dtaobh chúrsai canúna.
  

  London
  Dineen always liked to go to London to give lectures to one of the branches of the Gaelic League in that city. The league paid the travel expenses. He would have the opportunity to spend a few days researching Irish language manuscripts in the library of the British Museum and he would get an opportunity, in his lecture, to say bluntly whatever he had to say. He would always have something to say, frankly. This night, but in particular, in the Putney branch of the Gaelic League, he was to inform those present about matters of dialect.

  léacht	lecture	f gs léachta
  craobh	branch	f pl craobhacha
  íoc	pay
  fiach	debt(s)	m npl fiacha
  taisteal	travel	m gs taistil
  taighd	Poke, probe, root, dig; Research, investigate
  taighde	research	m gs taighde
  lámhscríbhinn	manuscript	f
  neamhbhalbh	Outspoken, forthright, blunt
  canúint	Speech, expression; Vernacular, dialect; Accent, mode of pronunciation	f gs canúna
  cúrsa	course; matter. circumstance	m

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Duinnín in Áth na Lachan (tuilleadh)

Dineen in Duckford (continued)

• “Tháinig tú ar an tuiscint sin uait féin, gan leid ó chara léi?”
  ‘Sceith an bhean bhocht uirthi féin go rialta agus go minic, an té a thuigfeadh. De réir mhuintir Ath na Lachan, Bhíodh sí ag ceartú a mbéasa boird agus a gcuid foghraíochta mar a bheadh bean dá sórt. Ach ní raibh aon dealramh in aon chor leis na nodanna a thugadh sí uaithi. Delias, ambaist, seachas /i>Dahlias! Ar ndóigh is dócha gur thug bean ti éigin uirthi fadó “Tea is served” a rá, seachas “Tay, Missus”, agus gur shíl sí ó shin nar den ghalántacht an ‘a’ leathan. Bhíodh sí ag caoineadh laethanta rachmais, ach is é an siopa a luadh sí, ní hé an teach ná a seoda. Nuair a dheineadh sí tagairt do “Mr. Prunty, my husband”, bhíodh daoine ag magadh faoi aistíl chainte na nDuibhlinneach. Tá’s againn gur nós le daoine bochta i mBaile Atha Cliath an leagan san a úsáid, ach níor den chosmhuintir [d.l. 185] Bella Prunty.’

  
  

  ‘You came to that understanding by yourself, without a hint from a friend?’

  
  ‘The poor woman informed on herself regularly and often, to whom would understand. According to the people of Duckford, she would be correcting their table manners and their pronunciation like a woman of her sort. But her appearance did not match at all the hints she gave. Delias indeed, rather than Dahlias. Of course probably some lady told her a long time ago to say “Tea is served”, rather than “Tay, Missus”, and that she had since thought that the broad ‘a’ was elegant. She would be lamenting the days of prosperity, but it is the shop she mentioned, not the house or its jewels/treasures. When she referred to “Mr. Prunty, my husband”, people used to mock the strange speech of the Dubliners. We know that poor people in Dublin used that version, but not the followers of Bella Prunty.

  leid	Hint, inkling; prompt; pointer, clue	f
  sceith	vomit, burst forth
  béas	custom, habit, manners	m
  dealramh	Sheen, splendour, radiance; Look, appearance; likeness, resemblance	m
  nod	hint; abbreviation	m
  ambaist = ambaiste	Indeed! Really!
  seachas	Besides, other than, rather than; compared to
  rachmas	Wealth, abundance	m
  luaigh	mention, cite	v
  cosmhuintir	Hangers-on; followers, dependants; Poor people, proletariat	f

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