

A website dedicated to the Irish language in County Mayo
TURAS SIAR - A DOCUMENTARY
Pap and Kath Murphy discuss their journey to establish a centre that celebrates the local dialect, history and genealogy of the people of Belmullet. They discuss the state of Mayo-Irish dialect and their efforts to revive it.
Dé Máirt
8ú Meán Fómhair 2025
School
Scólaire – scholar, school child
Leabhar – book Leabhraí - books
Dúch – ink
Clog – bell
Freagrú - answer
Léamh - reading
Scríofaí - written
Líntí - lines
Néata - neat
Behaviour management
Alampaoréacht - misbehaving, disruptive
a'cáiríneacht - messing about
Eachtranóir - troublemaker
Ní raibh anró ar bith le fáil uathu - there'd be no trouble from them at all
Try to avoid school
Bheadh siad ag iarraidh bheith a'caitheamh na maidine sa teach a'cuartú rud eicínt - They'd be trying to spend the morning in the house searching for something
Sa gcaoi go mbeadh sé ró-mhall b'fhéidir le dhul ba scoile agus go n-éirfí leofa fanacht sa mbaile - so that it might get too late to go to school and they'd managing to stay at home


