Paidreacha - Seán Ó Conaglaigh

Thu, 10/11/2012 - 14:02 | by Eoghan

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Transcript

Cuir(idh) mé mé féin i bhfianaise Dé. Déanaim gníomh adhartha. Creidim, a Dhia, go bhfuil tú anseo i láthair, go bhfuil tú ag féachaint orm, go bhfuil tú ag éisteacht liom, go bhfuil fios agad ar m'uile smaoitiú. Adhraim agus onóirim tú. Aidim[1] gur tú mo chruthaitheoir agus m'ardtiarna. Isl(idh) mé mé féin go hiomlán faoi do smacht.

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Gníomh buíochais.

Bheirim (míle) buíochas duid, a Thiarna, as tiolacadh[2] is grásta a (thug tú domh) ó tháinig mé ar an tsaol, agus go speisialta fá mo thabhairt slán ó chodladh na hoíche aréir.

Translation

I give witness before God. I make an act of worship. I believe, God, that you are present here, that you are looking at me, that you are listening to me, that you know all of my thoughts. I worship and honour you. I acknowledge that you are my creator and my high lord. I submit myself to your will entirely.

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An act of thanks.

I thank you a thousand(?) times, o Lord, for the gifts and graces you gave me (?) since I was born, and especially for keeping me safe as I slept last night.

Footnotes

= admhaím. Cf. Alf Sommerfelt, The dialect of Torr, co. Donegal (Christiania, 1922), § 455. (Back)
= tíolacadh. Cf. Sommerfelt, op. cit., § 31. (Back)

Commentary

These prayers, together with another from the same speaker, appear in An tUltach 10:7 (1933), 6. Cf. also Diarmuid Ó Laoghaire, Ár bpaidreacha dúchais (Dublin, 1975), 91-3.

Title in English: Prayers
Digital version published by: Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy

Description of the Recording:

Speaker: Seán Ó Conaglaigh from Co. Donegal
Person who made the recording: Karl Tempel
Organizer and administrator of the recording scheme: The Royal Irish Academy
In collaboration with: Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Recorded on 29-09-1931 in Courthouse, Letterkenny. Recorded on 29-09-1931 in Courthouse, Letterkenny.
Archive recording (ID LA_1230d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:33 minutes long. Archive recording (ID LA_1230d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:33 minutes long.
Second archive recording (ID LA_1230b2, from a shellac disc stored in Belfast) is 00:33 minutes long. Second archive recording (ID LA_1230b2, from a shellac disc stored in Belfast) is 00:33 minutes long.
User recording (ID LA_1230d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:33 minutes long. User recording (ID LA_1230d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:33 minutes long.

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