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mar a caitheadh le Máire (how she was treated) Flashcards

1
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who treated her badly?

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Bean Úí Chathasaigh
Pádraig
Liam agus Seán
Bean Úí Chinsealaigh
Na mná sráide
An Eaglais Chaitliceach

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as soon as he realized she was pregnant, he abandoned her

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chomh luath is a thuig sé go raibh sí torrach, thréig sé í

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He denied/rejected his duties/responsibilities as Máire’s lover and as the father of the child

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Shéan sé a dhulgais mar leannán Mháire agus mar athair an linbh

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responsibilities

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freagrachtaí

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duties

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dualgais

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he has an important status among the community (he is a schoolmaster)

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stádas tábhachtach aige i measc an phobail (é ina mhaistir scoile)

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he should have high standards but the opposite was true

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ba chóir go mbeadh caighdéain arda aige ach a mhalairt a bhí fíor

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the opposite was true

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ach a mhalairt a bhí fíor

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high standards

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caighdéain arda

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trickster

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cleasaí

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he was a secretive man

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fear rúnda ab ea é

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He was afraid of the Bishop and the Church and he understood that he would lose his job and his respect in society if the story broke out

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Eagla air roimh an Easpaig agus an Eaglais agus thuig sé go gcaillfeadh sé a phost agus a mheasúlacht (respect) sa tsochaí dá mbrisfeadh an scéal amach

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the bishop and the church

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an Easpaig agus an Eaglais

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respect (2)

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meas/measúlacht

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he kept a great separation between his private life and his public life

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choiméad sé deighilt mhór idir a shaol príobhaideach agus a shaol poiblí

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separation

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deighilt

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gap

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bearna

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Máire had no second choice due to the lack of support and love he and society in general showed her but to take the lonely road to the Capital

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ní raibh an dara rogha ag Máire de bharr an easpa tacaíochta agus grá a thaispéain sé agus an tsochaí i gcoitinne dí ach an ród/beallach uaigneach a thógail go dtí an Phríomhchathair

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society in general

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an tsochaí i gcoitinne

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Mrs. Uí Kinsaleaigh deceived/abused her in terms of her money and gave her the boot and the stick because she was worried about her own children

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Rinne Bean Úí Chinsealaigh duchaothrú uirthi ó thaobh a cuid airgid agus thug sí an bothar agus an bata dí toisc go raibh sí buartha faoina clann féin

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Máire thought he returned to her to find her and Pádraigín after his wife’s death…but Máire was blindsided/blindfold was taken off when he refused to see his daughter

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cheap Máire gur fhill sé ar ais chuici chun í agus Pádraigín a aimsiú i ndiaidh bhás a mhná céile…ach baineadh an dallamhullóg de Mháire nuair a dhiúltaigh sé a iníon a fheiceail

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he flat out denied her saying ‘oh christ, my child’

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shéan sé glan í á rá ‘a chríost, m’íníonsa’

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23
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to make matters worse

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mar bharr ar an donas

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He let her down but he seemed in shock while he defended his own character

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lig sé síos í ach ba chuma sa tsioc leis fad is a chosain sé a charactar féin

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25
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to defend

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a chosaint

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26
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authorative

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údarásach

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27
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mass regularly
she promoted Christianity
great emphasis on Christian values

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aifreann go rialta
chuir sí chríostaíocht chun cinn
béim mhór ar luachanna críostaíochta

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values

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luachanna

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go mbeadh Liam i gceannas na feirme

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She was furious(tied) the night she found out Máire was pregnant

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Bhí sí le ceangal an oíche a fuair sí amach go raibh Máire torrach

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She showed clearly during the cross-examination ‘where any of the blame should be placed on her’ because she took it ‘credibly and christianly’

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Léirigh sí go soléir ag an gcroscheistiúchan ‘nar chóir aon phoic den mhillean a chur uirthí’ mar thóg sí go ‘creidiúnach agus criostúil í’

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She showed no charity/mercy to her poor daughter but imagined people ‘extending fingers at her’

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Níor thaispéan sí puinn trócaire dá hiníón bocht ach í ag samhlú daoine ag ‘síneadh méara fuithi’

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bhí sí níos buartha faoi thuairim na gcomharsan ná a híníon féin

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Like the general people of the country at the time, there would be shame on her among the community

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Cosúil le gnath mhuintir na tíe ag an am, bheadh náire uirthí i measc an phobail

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According to her, Máire sinned against her Church because there was a strict strict system at the time regarding going to Mass, going to confession and taking the sacraments

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Dar léi, pheacaigh Máire i gcoinn ena hEaglaise mar bhí córas docht daingean ann ag an am maidir le dul ar Aifrinn, dul chuig faoistine agus na sacraimintí a thógail

36
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strict system
solid system

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córas docht/córas dian
córas daingean

37
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going to mass, going to confession and taking the sacraments

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dul ar Aifrinn, dul chuig faoistine agus na sacraimintí a thógail

38
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the narrow minded attitude/outlook towards single mothers at the time didn’t help her case either

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níor chabhraigh an dearcadh cúngaigeanta i leith maithreacha singile ag an am a cás ach an oiread

39
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either

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ach an oiread

40
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closeminded

A

cúngaigeanta

41
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Máire destroyed the plan she had laid down for her and she could not fulfill her ambition

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scrios Máire an plean a leag sí síos di agus níor fhéad sí a huaillmhian a chur i gcrích

42
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to fulfill

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a chur i gcrích

43
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she has another incredible plan for her… they could go to england, where nobody would know them and maybe she would meet a man who would be willing to marry her

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plean dochreidte eile aici di… gobhféadfadh siad dul go sasana, áit nach mbeadh aithne ar éinne orthu agus b’fhéidir go mbualfadh fear léi a bheadh sásta í a phósadh

44
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in the depths of despair

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úmar na haimléise

45
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She did not mourn/weep/cry for her daughter or granddaughter at the grave

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Níor chaoin sí a híníon ná a gariníon ag an uaigh

46
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grave

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uaigh

47
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he squealed/ratted on Mary that she was often sick and that she did not take holy communion

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sceith sé ar Mháire go raibh sí breoite go minic agus nár ghlac sí comaioneach naofa

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He made no attempt to protect his sister from her cruel mother

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Ní dhearna sé aon iarracht a dheirfiúr a chosaint óna mathair chrualach

49
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He sided with his mother saying that ‘she was absolutely right’ because Máire had ‘brought a lifetime of shame on the family

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Thaobhaigh sé lena mhathair á rá ‘go raibh an ceart ar fad aici’ toisc gur ‘tharraing Máire náire shaolta ar an gclann

50
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He showed no mercy to his sister in her time of need and he himself was a subject of priests

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Níor thaispéain sé puinn trocaire dá deirfiúr agus í in am an gháthair agus é féín ina ábhar sagairt

51
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according to him, she had sinned against God and brought upon herself anguish and suffering

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dar leis, chiontaigh sí in aghaidh Dé agus tharraing sí anró agus fulaingt uirthi féin

52
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he himself was under the cloud of the Catholic Church

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bhí sé féin faoi scamall na hEaglaise Chaitliceach

53
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full of self-pity

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Lán d’fhéintrua

54
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At the grave, he gave up sagacity/priesthood because he could not face his comrades

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Ag an uaigh, d’éirigh sé as an sagatóireacht toisc nach raibh sé in ann aghaidh a thabhairt ar a chomrádaithe

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He was far more concerned about his family’s reputation and the opinions of their neighbors than his own sister’s welfare

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Bhí sé i bhfad níos buartha faoi chlú/cháil a theaghlaigh agus tuairimí a gcomharsan ná faoi leas a deirfiúr féin

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his sister’s welfare

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leas a deirfiúr

57
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family’s reputation

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clú a theaghlaigh

58
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she sinned

A

chiontaigh sí

59
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he sided with his mother

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thaobhaigh sé lena Mhathair

60
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courting with Beití de Búrca

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ag cúirtéireacht le Beití de Búrca

61
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under the cat’s paw by his mother and was preoccupied/addicted with his own situation rather than her sister’s

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faoi bhois an chait ag a mhatahir agus bhí sé gafa lena chás féin seachas cás a deirfiúr

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he informed the Solicitor ‘he wasn’t her keeper’ and later that Mrs Í Cathasaigh was tough on Máire and ‘she was absolutely right’

A

chuir sé in iúl don Aturnae ‘nárbh é a coiméadaí’ agus níos déanaí go raibh Bean ÚÍ Chathasaigh dian ar Mháire agus ‘go raibh an ceart ar fad aici’

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at the grave, his main concern was that Beití broke off the relationship with him because ‘she couldn’t stand the publicity’

A

ag an uaigh, ba é an príomhbhuairt a bhí aige ná gur bhris Beití an cleamhnas leis toisc ‘nár fhéad sí an phoiblíocht a sheasamh’

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selfish

A

leithleach

65
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he was also a hard-hearted person who stood at the grave without shedding a tear for his niece or nephew.

A

ba dhuine chruachroíoch é freisin a sheas ag an uaigh gan deor a chaoineadh ar son a deirfear ná a neacht.

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Máire and her daughter were marginalized and she saw no way out of this vicious society but to put a hand in her own death and in the death of her daughter

A

imeallaíodh Máire agus a hiníon agus ní fhaca sí aon bhealach ealaithe ón sochaí nimhneach seo ach lamh a chur ina bás féin agus i mbás a hiníne

67
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Máire also met with hostility and rejection in the confessional box

A

Bhuail Máire le naimhdeas agus diúltú freisin sa bhosca faoistine

68
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She was a brave girl who realized that she had wronged the wife of Céile Pádraig…she went to confession to obtain forgiveness but her pleas fell on deaf ears

A

Ba chailín craifeach í a thuig go ndearna sí éagóir ar bhean Chéile Pádraig…chuaigh sí chuid faoistine chun maithiúnas a fhail ach is ar chluas bhodhar a thit a cuid achainí

69
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she went to confession to obtain forgiveness but her pleas fell on deaf ears

A

chuaigh sí chuid faoistine chun maithiúnas a fhail ach is ar chluas bhodhar a thit a cuid achainí

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he pleas

A

a chuid achainí

71
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deaf ears

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cluas bhodhar

72
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confession

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faoistine

73
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get forgiveness

A

maithiúnas a fhail

74
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‘you have to divorce him’ the priest tells her, but because she did not promise to divorce Pádraig, the priest refused to give her an apostolate/absolution

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‘caithfidh tu scaradh leis’ a deir an sagart lei ach toisc nár gheall sí go scarfadh sí le Pádraig, dhiúltaigh an sagart aspalóíd a thabhairt di.

75
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absolution

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aspalóid

76
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anyone who broke the religious or social rules was publicly denounced/criticised from the pulpit

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chaineadh aon duine a bhris na rialacha religiúnda nó sóisialta go poiblí ón builpéad

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Single mothers like Maire were seen as sinners and prostitutes and ended up in wash-rooms far from the eyes of the public.

A

Chonacthas máthaireacha singile ar nós Maire mar pheacaigh agus striapaigh agus chriochnaigh siad I seomraí níóchain I bhfad ó shúile an phobail.

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hostility and rejection

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naimhdeas agus diúltú

79
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without shedding a tear

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gan deor a chaoineadh

80
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There was back talk between them saying that she was ‘too big for her shoes’ and that she had ‘given birth’.

A

Bhí cúlchaint ar siúl eatarthu a rá go raibh sí ‘ró mhór dá bróga’ agus go raibh ‘leanbh tabhartha aici’.

81
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backtalk

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cúlchaint

82
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They stood around her and not one of them had the courage to give Mary a helping hand in her time of need.

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Sheas siad timpeall uirthi agus ní raibh sé de mhisneach ag duine acu lámh chúnta ( helping hand) a thabhairt do Mhaire in am a gatair

83
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Instead of giving help, they criticized her

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In ionad (Instead of) cabhair a thabhairt dí cháin siad i ( criticised).

84
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They were shaped (moulded by) with the same narrow minded attitude/outlook towards single mothers who lived/existed at the time.

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Bhí siad múnlaithe (moulded by) leis an dearcadh cúng aigeanta céanna I leith máithreacha singile a mhair ag an am.

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moulded/shaped

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múnlaithe

86
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From the above mentioned examples it is clear that single mothers were not treated well in Ireland at the time this play was written.

A

Ó na samplai thuasluaite (above mentioned examples) is léir nár caitheadh go maith le máithreacha single in Éirinn ag an am a scríobhadh an dráma seo.

Irish: prose - An Triail (8 decks)

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