Building
Types of building
Teach - house Tifí - houses
Teach ceann tuí - thatched house
Teach clúdaith - thatched house
Botaí - bothy
Caisleán – castle
Walls
Caipín – cap, top
Bundalaí - side of the house
Taobh balla - gable
Brickwork
Blocán – block
Timber structures
Geantrachaí – wedges
Ging – timber wedge
Leaba clárthaí – plank bed
Taobháin - support timbers
Parts of a building
Doras - door Doirsí - doors
Poll na heochrach - keyhole
Fuinneog – window Fuinneógaí - windows
Gloine - glass
Simléar - chimney
Urlár - floor
Seomra – room
Lota - loft
Ceann an tí - roof
Creat - flat roof
Díon - sturdy waterproof roof
Mullach an tí - on top of the house
Tools
Gléas - tool, implement
Casúr – hammer
Mar bhíothar dhá n-úsáid linní - as they were used by us
Discussing the project
á dhonacht maol, is meas' a mullach - trying to fix something but made it worse