That makes sense

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308 - 310

daonscoil 'folk school'
scéim 'scheme/plan'
callaire 'loud-speaker'
buinneach 'scour, diarrhoea'
camchuairt amhránaíochta 'a musical tour'
bhí sé dhá mhíle is a dó 'it was 2002 (i.e. the year)'

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311 - 313

tá sé ana-thábhachtach nuair a chuireann tú rud mar sin amach i measc an phobail go dtaithneodh sé leo 'it's very important that when you release something like that to the community that they like it'
ba é lár na bliana scoile aige é 'it was the middle of his school years'
Aerphort na Sionainne 'Shannon airport'
Caisleán Bhunraite 'Bunratty castle'
tromluí 'nightmare'
ag cuimhneamh ar an saol a bhíodh 'thinking of the life that was

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I think tá has been taking over functions of "is". Has the copula ever been used to state the year?

Maybe an bhliain 2002 a bhí ann??

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Yes - I think this is better than bhí sé 2002, but of course all native-attested uses are acceptable.

314 - 316

Ionad an Bhlascaoid 'the Blasket Island Centre'
cé heile 'who else', usually cé only causes aspiration on pronouns (i.e. é, í, iad)
próstat 'prostate'
ailse 'cancer'

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Soir gaċ síar, fé ḋeireaḋ thíar

Séamus, I wonder if ailse is natural CD Irish? muskerry has canncar.

Níl a fhios agam. D'aimsíos an abairt seo in Oral Literature from Dunquin:



Taobh thiar dò san (an Béarlachas é seo?), níl aon trácht eile agam ar 'cancer', is dócha ná raibh ana-mheas air an uair sin agus nuair a thánaig sé in iúl don bpobal Gaelainne is dócha go raibh an Béarla go hana-láidir ins na Gaeltachtaí.

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Soir gaċ síar, fé ḋeireaḋ thíar

317 - 320

seachtó fén gcéad de sheans '70% chance'
bhí sé róghairid don bpósadh 'it was too close to the marriage'
ní rabhadar sásta ach ar nós mé fhéin I assume this is an example of the superfluous ach?
an seomra feithimh 'the waiting room'
bhíos ag léamh na bpáipéar agus na leabhra, I'm not sure if leabhra is an alternative plural of leabhair or a genitive plural (Muskerry Irish can have leabharach or leabharthacha as the genitive plural)
cearr 'wrong'
scuad lámhaigh 'firing squad'
dóchas 'hope'
naocha seacht féin gcéad dá leithéid seo '97% of this type'. Here is an example of dá leithéid which Ó Laoghaire expressed was wrong
obráid 'surgical operation'
an chomaoineach bheannaithe 'the holy communion'

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Soir gaċ síar, fé ḋeireaḋ thíar