Oíche sa Teach: An Evening at Home

The fire lit, the television off, and a grandmother with a long memory.

Tá sé a hocht a chlog san oíche.
It is eight o'clock at night.

Tá an tine lasta.
The fire is lit.

Tá Mamó ina suí cois na tine.
Granny is sitting by the fire.

Léim mo leabhar.
I read my book.

Tá an teilifís as.
The television is off.

Insíonn Mamó scéal dúinn.
Granny tells us a story.

Scéal faoin seanteach thuas ar an gcnoc.
A story about the old house up on the hill.

Éistimid go ciúin léi.
We listen quietly to her.

Ansin ólaimid cupán tae.
Then we drink a cup of tea.

Téim a chodladh ar a deich.
I go to bed at ten.

Oíche mhaith, a Mhamó.
Goodnight, Granny.

A note on this one

Ag seanchas is the old word for the talk by the fire: who owned what field, who is related to whom, what happened at that crossroads. The storyteller who carried it was the seanchaí, and the television is generally blamed for the end of it.