Oisín i dTír na nÓg - Abairtí AL

Question 1

There were three hundred men in Glenna Smól and they were cutting stone.
They could not because the stone was too heavy.

Answer 1

Bhí trí chéad fear i nGleann na Smól agus bhí siad ag baint cloch.
Ní raibh siad ábalta mar bhí an chloch róthrom.

Question 2

They saw a strong, handsome man on a white horse and he helped them but fell off the horse.
As soon as his feet were on Irish soil he was old and blind.

Answer 2

Chonaic siad fear láidir, dathúil ar chapall ban agus chabhraigh sé leo ach thit sé den chapall.
Chomh luath agus a bhí a chosa ar thalamh na hÉireann bhí sé sean agus dall.

Question 3

The workmen took him to St. Patrick’s. He said he was Oisín after Féinne. He then told his story

Answer 3

Thug na fir oibre é go dtí Naomh Pádraig. Dúirt sé gurbh é Oisín i ndiaidh na Féinne é. D’inis sé a scéal ansin

Question 4

One day the the fianna were hunting. They saw in the sky a woman on a white horse.
She had a royal crown on her head, a silk dress with a red-gold star on her, her hair was the color of gold and her eyes were blue.
Her name was Niamh Chinn Óir and she came to Ireland because she was in love with Oisin, son of Finn and she put a spell on him to return with her to Tír na n’óg

Answer 4

Lá amháin bhí na Fianna ag seilg. Chonaic siad spéir bhean ar chapall bán.
Bhí coróin ríoga ar a ceann, bhí gúna síoda le réalta dearg-óir uirthi bhí dath an óir ar a cuid gruaige agus bhí dath gorm ar a súile aille.
Niamh Chinn Óir ab ainm di agus thánaig sí go hÉirinn mar go raibh sí i ngrá le hOisin, Mac Fhinn agus chuir sí faoi gheasa é filleadh léi go Tír na n-óg

Question 5

Fionn was very sad because he realised that he would never see his son again forever

Answer 5

Bhí an-bhrón ar Fhionn mar thuig sé nach bhfeicfeadh sé a mhac go brách

Question 6

They went on the white horse across the sea.
They went to the King of the Living.
The king had a daughter but she was a prisoner at Fómhar Bhuilleach.
Oisín was very brave and spent three days and three nights fighting him.
He killed him and set the king’s daughter free.

Answer 6

D’imigh siad ar an gcapall bán trasna na farraige.
Chuaigh siad go dtí Rí na mBeo.
Bhí iníon ag an rí ach bhí sí ina príosúnach ag Fómhar Bhuilleach.
Bhí Oisín an-chróga agus chaith sé trí lá agus trí oíche ag troid leis.
Mharaigh sé é agus lig sé iníon an rí saor.

Question 7

They reached Tír na nÓg, a beautiful country, where there was an abundance of everything and there was no age or death.
The king and queen welcomed them.
There were ten days and ten nights, but then Oisín and Niamh were married.

Answer 7

Shroich siad Tír na nÓg, tír álainn, áit ina raibh flúirse de gach rud agus nach raibh aois ná bás ann.
Chuir an rí agus an bhanríon fáilte rompu.
Bhí feasta deich lá is deich n-oíche ach agus ansin pósadh oisín agus niamh.

Question 8

They lived happily ever after. They did not age.
There were two sons and one daughter and
They spent three hundred years together in Tír na n’Óg.

Answer 8

Mhair siad go sona sásta ina dhiaidh sin. Níor tháinig aois orthu.
Bhí beirt mhac agus iníon amháin agus
Chaith siad trí chéad bliain le chéile i dTír na nÓg.

Question 9

Oisín wanted to return home to see Fionn and the fianna again.
Niamh gave him a horse but she warned him- not to set foot on Irish soil. She gave him three warnings.

Answer 9

Theastaigh ó Oisín filleadh abhaile chun Fionn agus na Fianna a fheiceáil arís.
Thug Niamh capall dó ach thug sí rabhadh dó— gan a chos a chur ar thalamh na hÉireann. Thug sí trí rabhadh dó.

Question 10

When he got home everything had changed.
He went to hAlmhain Laighean, where Finn lived, but there were only weeds and nettles.
Fionn and the Fianna were all dead and Oisín had spent hundreds of years in Tír na n’Óg.
He and the Fianna were only mentioned in the old stories

Answer 10

Nuair a shroich sé baile bhí gach rud athraithe.
Chuaigh sé go hAlmhain Laighean, áit cónaithe Fhinn, ach ní raibh ann ach fiailí agus neantóga.
Bhí Fionn agus na Fianna go léir marbh agus bhí na céadta bliain caite ag Oisín i dTír na nÓg.
Ní raibh trácht air féin ná ar na Fianna ach amháin sna seanscéalta

Question 11

He left for glean na smól when he helped the men

Answer 11

D’imigh sé ansin go Gleann na Smól, nuair a chabhraigh sé leis na fir.

Question 12

He lost his horse, his strength, his youth and his sight

Answer 12

Chaill de a chapall, a neart, a óige agus radharc na súl

Question 13

Saint Patrick felt sorry for the blind old man. He told him he would go to Heaven. He then went with him learning the Gospel of God from Patrick and telling him stories about the fianna.

Answer 13

Bhí trua ag Naomh Pádraig don seanfhear dall. Dúirt sé leis go rachadh sé ar Neamh. D’imigh sé leis ansin ag foghlaim Soiscéal Dé ó Phádraig agus ag insint scéalta faoi na Fianna dó.

Question 14

Oisín is the main character of the story and plays a central role in the narrative

Answer 14

Is é oisín an príomh charachtar an scéil agus tá páirt lárnach aige san insint

Question 15

Oisín is two different characters as depicted in this story

Answer 15

Is dhá phearsa éagsúla é Oisín mar a léirítear sa scéal seo é

Question 16

The first person shown to us is the Oisín as a young colored man. He is a strong and brave warrior

Answer 16

An chéad phearsa a léirítear dúinn na Oisín mar ógfhear dathúil. Laoch láidir cróga is ea é

Question 17

He is the Son of Fionn Mac Cumhaill, the leader of the Féinne. He spends his life hunting, drinking, playing chess and listening to music.
He has old experience of fighting as a member of the Fianna and is a fierce warrior who brutally slaughters the head of Fómhar Bhulleach.

Answer 17

Is Mac é le Fionn Mac Cumhaill, ceannaire na Féinne. Caitheann sé a shaol ag seilg, ag ól, ag imirt fichille agus ag éisteacht le ceol.
Tá seantaithí aige ar bheith ag troid mar bhall de na fianna agus is laoch fíochmhar é a bhaineann an ceann d’Fhómhar Bhuilleach go barbartha.

Question 18

He’s very loyal to his dad and friends

Answer 18

Tá sé an-dílis dá athair agus dá chairde.

Question 19

Niamh fell in love will him after hearing reports of him. He was happy to go with her to Tir Na nog

Answer 19

Titeann Niamh i ngrá leis fiú tar éis tuairisc a fháil air. Tá sé sásta imeacht léi go Tír na nÓg

Question 20

He is stubborn — he ignores what is said to him. He returns to Ireland after three hundred years to meet his father again.
He is still a young, charming hero until he falls off his horse and becomes a worn out blind old man.

Answer 20

Tá sé ceanndána — déanann sé neamhshuim de na rudaí a deirtear leis. Díleann sé go hÉirinn tar éis trí chéad bliain chun bualadh lena athair arís.
Is laoch óg, mealltach fós é go dtí go dtiteann sé den chapall agus déantar seanduine caite dall de.

Question 21

He loses his strength and he’s a pitiful character now
We have pity for him

Answer 21

Caileann sé a neart agus is duine truamhéalach anois é
Bíonn trua againn dó

Question 22

He’s happy to go around the country with St Patrick telling him stories

Answer 22

Tá sé sásta imeacht ar fud na tíre le Pádraig ag insint scéalta dó

Question 23

Oisín’s stubbornness is a central part of this story. However, although he is a loving son, lover and father, he has a habit of going his own way and leaving people sad behind.
This is seen throughout when he became Finn and the Deer and at the end when he became his wife and her letters

Answer 23

Tá cruachás Oisín ina cuid lárnach den scéal seo. Áfach, cé gur mac, leannán agus athair grámhar é, tá nós aige imeacht a bhealach féin agus daoine a fhágáil brónach ina dhiaidh.
Feictear é seo ag an fud nuair a fhágann sé Fionn agus na Fianna agus ag an deireadh nuair a fhágann sé a bhean agus a pháistí

Question 24

When he goes back to Ireland, despite Niamh’s advice, Oisín discovers that life changes a lot.
But Oisín is not able to change. He is haunted by loneliness. He is not comfortable in this new world and does not mix with the people.

Answer 24

Nuair a théann sé ar ais go hÉirinn, aibeoinn chomhairle Niamh, faigheann Oisín amach go bhfuil saol athruithe go mór.
Ach Níl Oisín ábalta athrú. Tá sé ciaptha ag an uaigneas. Níl sé compordach sa domhan nua seo agus ní mheascann sé leis na daoine.

Question 25

The character Oisín develops in the story.
He tells us the story of his life, how he met Niamh Chinn Óir, the journey to Tír na nÓg and the tragic end

Answer 25

Tagann forbairt ar an gcarachtar Oisín sa scéal.
Insíonn sé scéal a bheatha dúinn, mar ar bhuail sé le Niamh Chinn Óir, an turas go Tír na nÓg agus an chríoch thragóideach

Question 26

The Fianna were soldiers whose duty it was to protect Ireland

Answer 26

Ba shaighdiúirí iad na Fianna a bhí de dhualgas orthu Éire a chosaint