GAELIC                                           ENGLISH
 
Ba mhinic do shil  Nóra  go mba   Several times before Nora had thought of
bhreá an saol bheith ag imeacht   what a fine life  she  would  have  as a
roimpi ina  seabhac  siúil  gan   tramp, independent of everbody! Her face
beann aici ar  dhuine ar bith -   on the roads of Ireland before  her, and
bóithre na bÉireann riompi agus   her back  on  home  and the hardship and
a haghaidh  orthu;  cúl a  cinn   anger of her family! To walk from villa-
leis an mbaile agus le  cruatan   ge to village and from glen to glen, the
agus le crostacht a muintire: i   fine level road  before  her, with green
ag siúl ó  bhaile go baile agus   fields on  both  sides  of her and small
ó ghleann go gleann.  An bóthar   well-sheltered  houses  on  the mountain
breá  réidh  roimpi,  glasra ar   slopes around her!
gach  taobh  de,  tithe   beaga
cluthara  ar shlesa na gcnocán.
 
                      -PADRAIC PEARSE, The Roads