Duinnín i Lios Dúin Bhearna (tuilleadh)

Dineen in Lisdoonvarna (continued)

• ‘Admhaím go rabhas míshuaimhneach,’ arsa Bhatson.

  “Mná den chineál céanna a mheallann fear ar leith i gcónaí,” arsa de Hoilm. ‘Titeann sé i ngrá le stuaire fhionn, agus stuaire fhionn a mheallfaidh arís é. Thaitin mná easlána le Burr. Taom croí a thug an chéad bhean chun siúil. Taom croí a thug an dara bean chun siúil. Ní chuirfinn féin spéis sa chás, ach bíonn Bhatson cíocrach chun bleachtaireachta.”
  

  ‘I admit that I was uneasy,’ said Watson.

  ‘Women of the same sort always attract a particular man,’ said Holmes. ‘He falls in love with a handsome blond woman, and a handsome blond woman will attract him again. Burr liked sick women. A heart attack made the first woman go. A heart attack made the second woman go. I myself would not be interested in the case, but Watson is eager to investigate.

  admhaigh	Acknowledge, Admit
  míshuaimhneach	Uneasy, restless, perturbed
  ar leith	apart, separate; several, distinct; remarkable, special
  cineál	Kind, species; Class; sort, variety; race; sex	m
  stuaire	Handsome woman	f
  easlán	Sick, infirm, invalid
  taom	seizure, (heart) attack
  cíocrach	Greedy, eager (for food, etc.)

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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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