An Spailpín Fánach Flashcards
a slave
sclábhaí
a farm worker
oibrí feirme
who used to go
a théadh
looking for seasonal farm work
ag lorg/iarraidh obair shéasúrach feirme
big farmers
feirmeoirí móra
depending on his health
ag brath ar a shláinte
a period of three months
ráithe
he will accept
glacfaidh sé
the rebel leader
ceannaire na reibiliúnaigh
1798 Rising
Éirí Amach 1798
a big heavy pole
maide mór trom
a pike/fork
píce
to stab people with
chun daoine a shá
his trip
a thuras
earnestly
go díograiseach
his flail
a shúiste
beating them all
ag buachan orthu go léir
while he works
agus é i mbun oibre
what he has to hear
sin a bhíonn le cloisteáil aige
here he is now
sin é chugaibh
harming his health
ag déanamh dochair dá shláinte
working too hard
ag obair ró-dhian
at the hiring market
ag an aonach híreála
by a wall
taobh le balla
a peasant
tuathánach
young fellow
stócach
young, tall, thin
óg, ard, tanaí
by the side of the street
ar thaobh na sráide
riding
ag marcaíocht
arriving
ag teacht
questioning him
ag cur ceiste air
employed
fostaithe
lets hit the road
seo linn chun bóthair
the journey
an t-aistear
walking after him
ag siúl ina dhiaidh
the end of the 18th century
deireadh an 18ú haois
under English rule
faoi riail Shasana
the English
na Sasanaigh
the Penal Laws
na Péindlíthe
still in effect
fós i bhfeidhm