Faoi Dheireadh Thiar (tuilleadh)
At Long Last (continued)

• TAIMÍN: (go hardghlórach): Fón, fón, fón. Haigh, fón!
  COILMÍN: Suigh síos, nach gcloisfidh siad fhéin é.
  TAIMÍN: Ar ndóigh ar fhaitios nach gcloisfeadh. Fón Nurse. Fón. Fón! (Tagann JACKIE isteach.) Fón fón, fón!
  JACKIE: Ceart go leor, a Taimin. Tá mé dhá fhreagairt anois. [dhá is Connemara dialect]
  COILMÍN: Ach cén sort dáir a bhuaileas chor ar bith thú nuair a thosaíos an fón sin?
  JACKIE: Áras na nAosach, hello. INo. Jackie… Bhuel tá an Matrun cruógach faoi lathair. An féidir liom teachtaireacht a thógail? … Cé atá ag caint? . . . Fan nóiméad amháin mar sin is gheobhaidh mé dhuit í. ‘Mhairin?
  MÁIRÍN: (ón taobh amuigh): Céard?
  JACKIE: Tá tú ag teastail ar an bhfon. Coinnigh an line nóiméad amháin le do thoil.
  (Cuireann MAIRIN a cloigeann isteach ar stáitse.)
  MÁIRÍN: Tóg teachtaireacht, a Jackie, is cuirfidh mé glaoch ar ais nuair atá siad curtha a chodladh.
  
  JACKIE: (ag clúdach an fhóin): Social worker atá ann. Dúirt sí go raibh sé práinneach.
  MÁIRÍN: Oh Lord, cuir thusa Bríd isteach sa leaba mar sin. Tá sí ina sui ar an gcommode.
  JACKIE: O.K.
  MÁIRÍN: Hello? Oh hello Nancy. Happy Christmas, a leana… Is fíor dhuit, ach an oiread le mo jab fhéin. Is deacair do social worker sásamh a bhaint as an Nollaig … Emergency? Dia linn. Céard atá ag cur as dhuit?
  [d.l. 16]
  

  TAIMÏN: (Loudly) Phone, phone, phone. Hi, phone.

  COILMÍN: Sit down, they won’t hear it themselves
  TAIMÍN: Of course for fear they would not hear. Phone Nurse. Phone. Phone! (JACKIE comes in) Phone phone, phone!
  JACKIE: All right, Taimín. I am answering now.
  COILMÍN: But what sort of frenzy hits you at all when that phone starts up?
  JACKIE: House of the Aged, hello. No. Jackie… Well, the matron is busy at present. Can I take a message? … Who is speaking? … So wait a minute and I’ll get her for you. Maureen?
  MÁIRÍN: (from outside): What?
  JACKIE: You are wanted on the phone. Please hold the line for a minute.
  (MAIRIN puts her head in on stage.)
  MÁIRÍN: Take a message, Jackie, and I’ll call back when they’ve been put to bed.
  
  JACKIE: (covering the phone) It is a social worker. She said it was urgent.
  MÁIRÍN: Oh Lord, you put Bríd to bed then. She is sitting on the commode.
  JACKIE: O.K.
  MÁIRÍN: Hello? Oh hello Nancy. Happy Christmas, child[???]… It is true for you, but as much for my own job. It is hard for a social worker to enjoy Christmas… Emergency? God with us. What is bothering you?

  freagairt	Answering, answer	f
  Áras	Habitation, abode; House, building; vessel	m
  cruógach	Pressing, urgent; busy
  práinneach	Urgent, exigent; pressing, pressed
  leanbh	child	m
  sásamh	Satisfaction; Gratification, pleasure	m
  cuir as	Put out of; deprive; …; disconcert, bother

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Faoi Dheireadh Thiar

At Long Last

• Pearsana

  
  TAIMÍN CHUALÁIN: Fear ciúin, deabhóideach nach bhfuil amharc na súl aige.
  COILMÍN AN BHREATHNAIGH: Fear a d’ol gach a raibh ag gabháil leis.
  
  MEAIG LOIDEAIN: Bean théagartha atá taghdach agus ceanndána.
  DARACH LOIDEAIN: Mac Mheaig. Tamall caite i Sasana aige.
  MÁIRÍN: An matran. Dea-chroíoch agus cineálta.
  JACKIE: Banaltra óg ghealgháireach.
  SALLY: I Sasana i gcaitheamh a saoil, a meabhair caillte aici.
  

  TAIMÍN CHUALÁIN: A quiet, devout man who doesn’t see well.
  COILMÍN AN BHREATHNAIGH: A man who drank everything he could take.
  MEAIG LOIDEAIN: A stout woman, impulsive and stubborn.
  DARACH LOIDEAIN: Meg’s son. He has spent some time in England.
  MÁIRÍN: The matron. Good-hearted and kind.
  JACKIE: A cheerful young nurse.
  SALLY: Spending her life in England. Lost her mind.

  deabhóideach	Devout, devotional
  amharc	Sight; Faculty of sight, vision
  breathnaigh	Observe, examine
  téagartha	Substantial, stout, bulky
  taghdach	Fitful, impulsive, quick-tempered; changeable, capricious
  ceanndána	Headstrong; wilful, stubborn
  dea-chroíoch	Good-hearted, kind-natured.
  cineálta	kind
  gealgháireach	Having pleasant smile; sunny, radiant; cheerful, joyous
  meabhair	mind, memory	f

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Turas go Lár na Cathrach (tuilleadh)

A trip to the Center of the City (continued)

• [Scéal aisteach. Is cosúil gur turas ar LSD é turas go Lár na Cathrach.]

  Sin mar a bhí i dtús ár ngrá — aisling gheal a bhí ann ceart go leor. Ach goilleann sé orm go fóill a bheith ag smaoineamh ar an scéal nó chuaigh ár ngrá in éag; is dócha gur de réir a chéile a thuig mé sin. Bhí a fhios agam ar feadh tamaill gurbh fhearr liom gan í a fheiceáil ag an stop, ach ní admhóinn dom féin go raibh a fhios sin agam. D’éirigh mé tuirseach den dóigh a raibh ár gcumann ag dul ar aghaidh agus bheartaigh mé deireadh a chur leis. Scríobhfainn litir chuici agus dá dtiocfadh sí isteach sa bhus arís, bhéarfainn di í. Ní raibh de pháipéar agam ach an dréacht de mo thráchtas a bhí agam nuair a tháinig mé ar bord. Bhí sé ar an urlár faoi mo chosa — ní raibh sé de dhánacht ionam amharc síos air le fada.[…]

  That’s how it was at the beginning of love — it was a bright dream all right. but it still pains me to think about the story or our love expiring; I probably realized that gradually. I’d known for a while that I’d prefer not seeing her at the stop, but I wouldn’t admit to myself that I knew that. I got tired of the way our relationship was going and decided to end it. I would write a letter to her and if she got on the bus again I would give it to her. All I had on paper was the draft of my thesis when I came on board. It was on the floor under my feet — I did not dare to look down on it for a long time.

  goill	Grieve, pain; afflict, distress; vex, hurt	v
  éag	dead; expired
  admhaigh	Acknowledge, Admit
  cumann	Friendship, love; companionship	m
  beartaigh	cast; poise, brandish; Plan, contrive; consider
  dréacht	draft…
  tráchtas	Treatise, dissertation; Thesis	m
  dánacht	Boldness; daring, confidence; forwardness, audacity	f

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Turas go Lár na Cathrach

A trip to the Center of the City

Genitives (such as I could identify — I am sure I missed some) in bold.

• I Ráth Maonais a fuair mé an bus seo, bus a cúig déag A, agus mé ar mo bhealach go lár na cathrach — bhí sé sin tuairim is tri bliana ó shin. Ní cuimhin liom cad é mar a bhí ar dtús. Is dócha: go raibh leabhar liom, mar ba ghnách liom leabhar a léamh i gcónaí ar an bhus.

  In Rathmines I found this bus, bus fifteen A, on my way to the city center – that was about three years ago. I don’t remember how it was at first. Likely I had a book with me, because I used to always read a book on the bus.

  tuairim	opinion; about	f

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Athair (tuilleadh)

Father (continued)

• D’iompaigh sé thart, ionas go raibh a chúl iomlán leis an range. Chrágáil a bhealach i dtreo bhord na cistine. Chroch mias an bhainne lena dhá lámh gur dhoirt braon amach as síos sa jug nó go raibh ar tí cur thar maoil. Bhí a rostaí ar crith, ag an gcritheán a thagadh ina lámha nuair a bhíodh faoi straidhn ar chlaonadh áirithe. Bhí mé buioch nar shlabáil sé aon bhraon den bhainne ar an mbord: mé réidh le glantóir fliuch a fháil le glanadh suas ina dhiaidh dá mba ghá. Bhí sórt náire orm, i mo shuí síos ag breathnú air ag déanamh na hoibre seo—obair ba ghnách liom féin a dhéanamh… […]

  He turned around, so that his back was completely to the range. He walked awkwardly in the direction of the kitchen table. He held the milk dish with both hands until a drop poured out of it down into the jug or was about to overflow. His wrists were trembling, with the trembling that came in his hands when he was under the strain of a certain inclination. I was thankful that he didn’t spill a drop of milk on the table: I was ready to get a wet cleaner to clean up afterwards if necessary. I was kind of ashamed, sitting down and watching him do this work—work that was customary for me to do myself…

  crágáil	Claw, paw; handle roughly or unskilfully; Walk awkwardly; toil along
  mias	Board, slab; table; dish; …	f
  doirt	pour; spill; shed	v
  maoil	rounded summit; hillock, knoll; Bare, bald, top; tip, crown
  cur thar maoil	brimming over, full to overflowing
  tí	Marked line, track	f
  ar tí	on the track of, in pursuit of; on the point of, about to
  rosta	wrist	m pl rostaí
  crith	Tremble, shiver; tremor, shudder; vibration, quiver	m, v
  straidhn	strain	f
  claonadh	Inclination; tendency, trend	m
  slabáil	(Act of) puddling; sloppy work	f
  gnach	Customary, usual; common, ordinary

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