vocab

Question 1

penal laws

Answer 1

na péindlíthe

Question 2

the penal laws were in force in this country

Answer 2

bhí na péindlíthe i bhfeidhm sa tir seo

Question 3

in force

Answer 3

i bhfeidhm

Question 4

the land of the country was held by the english

Answer 4

bhí táille na tíre i seilbh na sasanach

Question 5

the english

Answer 5

na Sasanaigh

Question 6

the rebels

Answer 6

na reibiliúnaithe/ceannaircigh

Question 7

the horse is a symbol of wealth

Answer 7

is siombail de shaibhreas é capall

Question 8

the landlords were looking down at the workmen

Answer 8

bhí na tiarnaí talún ag feachaint anuas ar na hoibrithe

Question 9

brits

Answer 9

Na gall

Question 10

The irish (2)

Answer 10

na Gaeil/na hÉireannaigh

Question 11

farm slave

Answer 11

sclábhaí feirme

Question 12

he had a plan

Answer 12

bhí plean aige

Question 13

He planned to fight with the united Irish for freedom for the country

Answer 13

bhí sé beartaithe/ar intinn aige troid leis na hÉireannaigh aontaithe chun saoirse a bhaint amach don tír

Question 14

united irish

Answer 14

na hÉireannaigh Aontaithe

Question 15

Farm slave was an insulting term

Answer 15

Ba thearma maslach é spailpín fánach

Question 16

insulting term

Answer 16

tearma maslach

Question 17

he was a reaper

Answer 17

Ba spealadóir é

Question 18

To cut (grass)

Answer 18

Bhain sé

Question 19

He cut grass, oats and corn

Answer 19

Bhain sé féar, coirce agus árbhar

Question 20

the poet uses place names. The place names add to the reality of the story.

Answer 20

Úsáideann an file logainmneacha.

Cuireann na loganimneacha le réaltacht an scéal.

Question 21

landlords

Answer 21

tiarnaí talún

Question 22

hiring/employment market

Answer 22

margadh na soaire/fostaíochta

Question 23

as armour

Answer 23

mar airm

Question 24

flail

Answer 24

súiste

Question 25

spear and pike

Answer 25

sléa agus píce

Question 26

walking the dew

Answer 26

ag siúl an drúchta

Question 27

he got an illness that lasted as long as three months

Answer 27

fuair sé tinneas a mhair chomh fada le trí mhí

Question 28

it was seasonal work

Answer 28

obair sheasúnach a bhí í gceist

Question 29

we see a sharp contrast between the life of the spailpín who lived poor and the life of the landlords

Answer 29

feicimid codarsnacht ghéar idir saol an spailpín a bhí beo bocht agus saol na dtiarnaí talún

Question 30

really poor

Answer 30

beo bocht

Question 31

he traveled throughout the province of Munster

Answer 31

thaisteal sé ar fud cúige mumhan

Question 32

the theme of this poem is the hardship and plight of ordinary Irish people when the English ruled this country and the penal laws were in force in the late 18th century

Answer 32

is é téama an dáin seo ná cruatan agus cruachás ghnáthmhuintir na hÉireann nuair a bhí na sasanaigh í réim sa tír seo agus na péindlíthe i bhfeidhm ag deireadh an 18ú haois

Question 33

hardship and plight

Answer 33

cruatan agus cruachás

Question 34

ruled

Answer 34

í réim

Question 35

The poet hated to have that title

Answer 35

B’fhuath leis an bhfile an teideal sin a bheith air

Question 36

He was sick and tired of his life as a spailpín

He was sick and tired of the life he had

Answer 36

Bhí sé tinn tuireach dá shaol mar spailpín.

Bhí sé tinn agus tuirseach den saol a bhí aige

Question 37

He escapes his desolate life as a slave.

Answer 37

Éalóidh sé ón saol dearóil atá aige mar sclábhaí.

Question 38

desolate life

Answer 38

saol dearóil

Question 39

The poet reached a point in his life and was no longer willing to accept the orders of the English.

Answer 39

Schroich an file pointe ina shaol agus ní raibh sé sásta a thuilleadh glacadh le horduithe na sasanach.

ní raibh sé sásta na horduithe a ghlacadh ó na sasanach

Question 40

the orders

Answer 40

le horduithe

Question 41

The poet was optimistic about the life ahead. He believed that the Irish would gain the upper hand over the English.

Answer 41

Bhí an file dóchasach faoin saol a bhí roimhe. Chreid sé go bhfaigheadh na gaeil in lámh in uachtar ar na sasanaigh.

Question 42

optimistic

Answer 42

dóchasach

Question 43

upper hand

Answer 43

lámh in uachtar

Question 44

He understood that the English were doing injustice to the Irish.

Answer 44

Thuig sé go raibh éagóir á déanamh ag na sasanaigh ar na gaeil.

Question 45

injustice

Answer 45

éagóir

Question 46

He was, of course, proud of himself and his Irishness.

Answer 46

Bhí sé bródúil as féin agus a chuid Éireannachais ar ndóigh.