Some Clonduff Folklore

Here is a link to a very nice wee folklore story collected by Dr. McPolin in Clonduff.

http://www.nmni.com/Documents/UFTM/Archives/sampler

What did County Down Irish sound like? (Part IV - Tyrone)

What did County Down Irish sound like?

Well, very similar indeed to the Irish spoken in the Spéiríní Mountains in Tyrone as can be heard in this Youtube film.

Some more County Down words ...

To be honest, at this stage, I am struggling to come up with any more specific County Down words, it is a (presently) extinct dialect at the end of the day, unfortunately.

However, here are a few words of County Down Irish which can be found in Oriel Irish in general and in East Ulster in general.

Práinn = haste

Is mór an phráinn seo ort = you are in a great hurry.
Déan práinn = hurry up.

Feidhm = need

Má tá feidhm airgid ort = if you need the morning

Cosúil = reasonably
Tuigim go cosúil é = I understand it pretty well

Alt = a glen
cuiseog = 'a wind straw'
aidigh = admit
áite = a place (<áit)
dadamh = anything
coitcheannacht = community