An Cluiche Peile: The Football Match

A county match in the rain, a point in the last minute, and chips on the way home.

Téimid go dtí an cluiche Dé Domhnaigh.
We go to the match on Sunday.

Tá an pháirc lán.
The field is full.

Tá sé ag cur báistí, ar ndóigh.
It is raining, of course.

Tosaíonn an cluiche ar a trí.
The match starts at three.

Faigheann ár bhfoireann cúl go luath.
Our team gets a goal early.

Éiríonn gach duine ina sheasamh.
Everybody stands up.

Ach faigheann an fhoireann eile dhá chúl.
But the other team gets two goals.

Tá mo Dhaid ciúin anois.
My Dad is quiet now.

Sa nóiméad deireanach, faighimid cúilín.
In the last minute, we get a point.

Buaimid le pointe amháin.
We win by one point.

Faighimid sceallóga ar an mbealach abhaile.
We get chips on the way home.

A note on this one

Gaelic football and hurling are played by clubs tied to a parish and counties that people are born into rather than choose. Suas an Cabhán and its like are shouted in English and Irish alike on the same terrace.