Hello,

Long-time poster over on the Chiff and Fipple Forums.
I have had an Irish Language related request from and I remembered this place was linked over at Chiff.

I would be grateful if you could give me some help.
There is a short section in John Ford's movie, The Long Gray Line, where Maureen O'Hara says a blessing in Irish.

I can pick up a couple of phrases, but the rest is difficult.

Céad mile fáilte romha
is beannacht dé ort

Near the end she says athair - father.

Can anyone pick up the rest of it?
Here is the short clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-tpYm7Cl1c

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi fáilte 'dtín fóram! Welcome to the forum!

Céad mile fáilte romhaibh
is beannacht Dé oraibh
ar do chéad chuairt go tigh (Mírchella c(h)éile )
a athair,
agus a dheartháir (Fos(ta) )

100 thousand welcomes to ye
and blessing of God upon ye
On your first visit to the house of
Father,
And ( ) brother

There's a few strange things here! As to why the 3rd line is in the second person singular instead of the second person plural, I don't know! I don't understand the third line that well- go tigh Mírchella. Does the house have a name?

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Thanks for the quick reply.

That has cleared up a lot.

Is is possible she is saying mo cheile?

My spouse, father and brother.

I'm thinking a bit of context might help. I'm not familiar with the movie. What exactly is happening here?

Redwolf

Yes. Probably a good idea.

The film is the true story of an Irish immigrant who is a soldier at West Point.
In this scene, the soldier's wife has just supriised him with his father and brother from Ireland
She paid their fares to America.
The father asks her if she 'has the Irish' and she says the blessing.

I can hear "chéile" definitely, but, it should be "go tigh mo chéile"- to the house of my spouse. There is a definite "eer" or "ír" sound before I can here chéile.

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Céad mile fáilte romhaibh
is beannacht Dé oraibh
ar do céad cuairt go dtí mo fhír céile
a athair
is mo fhear phosta

(obviously grammatically wrong but that's how I hear it- I could be totally wrong)

I don't hear "a dheartháir" in it unless it's really garbled that I can't make out.

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Interpolating from Bríd and Cian's efforts, perhaps:

Céad mile fáilte romhaibh
is beannacht Dé oraibh
ar do céad cuairt go dtig m'fhir céile
a athair,
agus a dheartháir fós.

"100 thousand welcomes to ye
and blessing of God upon ye
On your first visit to the house of my husband
Father,
And brother as well"

I think she says do where it should be bhur/mur/a and the c's in the third line should all be ch ?

For a dheartháir in the last line, I think she tried to use a broad dh and ended up with a gartháir instead ?

Await further input ...

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My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

I think you have it there Breandán.

"dtig" explains why it has the genitive.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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