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- GAELIC ENGLISH
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- Ba mhinic do shil Nóra go mba Several times before Nora had thought of
- bhreá an saol bheith ag imeacht what a fine life she would have as a
- roimpi ina seabhac siúil gan tramp, independent of everbody! Her face
- beann aici ar dhuine ar bith - on the roads of Ireland before her, and
- bóithre na bÉireann riompi agus her back on home and the hardship and
- a haghaidh orthu; cúl a cinn anger of her family! To walk from villa-
- leis an mbaile agus le cruatan ge to village and from glen to glen, the
- agus le crostacht a muintire: i fine level road before her, with green
- ag siúl ó bhaile go baile agus fields on both sides of her and small
- ó ghleann go gleann. An bóthar well-sheltered houses on the mountain
- breá réidh roimpi, glasra ar slopes around her!
- gach taobh de, tithe beaga
- cluthara ar shlesa na gcnocán.
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- -PADRAIC PEARSE, The Roads