Clann Lir (Leaving Cert Irish): Flashcards
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Tá Clann Lir faoi… (Clann Lir is about…)
Tá Clann Lir faoi… (Clann Lir is about…)
Is scéal béaloidis é Clann Lir a bhaineann leis an ngrá, an díoltas agus an t-athrú. (Clann Lir is a folktale that deals with love, revenge and transformation.)
Is iad clann Lir… (Lir’s children…)
Is iad clann Lir… (Lir’s children…)
Chuir Aoife mallacht ar na páistí, agus d'athraigh sí iad ina bhféileacáin nó ina n-ealaí. (Aoife put a curse on the children, transforming them into butterflies in some versions, or swans in the more common version.)
Scaoiltear na páistí saor faoi dheireadh trí… (The children are eventually freed by…)
Scaoiltear na páistí saor faoi dheireadh trí… (The children are eventually freed by…)
Níor éirigh siad saor go dtí gur tháinig an Chríostaíocht go hÉirinn. Bhuail cléireach leo, agus d'fhill siad ar a gcruth daonna, ach bhí siad sean agus liath. (They were not freed until Christianity came to Ireland. A holy man met them, and they returned to human form, but they were old and grey.)