Cladach - The Sea Shore
Farraige – sea
Cósta - coast
Tráigh - beach, strand Tránnaí - strands, beaches
Tráigh ghlan - a clean, smooth beach
Gainí - sand
Carraic - the part of the shore where seaweed grows in abundance
a'dhul 'un a'carraic - going to the carraic
Tuirling - stony part of beach
Cladach fiáin - the shore where the tide hardly ever goes out
Cladaigh fiáine - wild shores
Cladach garbh - rough shore Cladaigh garbha - rough shores
íochtar láin - the beach stretching out on a low tide
Thíos ar íochtar láin - below on the beach at high tide
Amuigh ar íochtar láin - out on the beach at low tide
Sciorrthach - the part of the shore where the rock protrude up diagonally
Carrearaí - a man who works the shore with a horse and cart
The sea
Tonn - wave Tonntachaí - waves
Sáile – sea-water
Stopóg - shallow rocky sea bed
Scairdeán – jet (of water)
Leas farraigiú - sea manure
Port leathaigh - a place where a lot of sea manure and sea wrack would come ashore
The tide
ionradh - the tide
Bord a'lán mara - edge of the high tide
Díthrá mara - low tide
Lagtráigh - the beach between the shore and the low water point
Mallmhuir - neap tide
Mea-rabharta - low tide
Rabharta - spring tide
Uachtar láin - high tide mark
Stóladh – strong surge
Boats
Curach – curragh
Céaslaí - paddle for currach
Iomróirí – rowers
Maidí ramha – oars
ag iomradh - rowing
Fishermen
Gliomadóirí – lobster fisherman
Corrmaith - a good catch (of lobsters)
Drochchorr - a poor catch (of lobsters)
a'ceapadh na breac - catching fish
Ba doiligh breith air - it was difficult to catch it
Bhí sé do-cheapaith' - it was difficult to catch