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Translated by: Geoff Eddy
Torch:
Aitid, eabhaid éaráth!

Oidh, codh aichdhíth? Eire un phaoll ghiuibhean féinith a noisd dhomh bheall por
costóidhír ill eabhaid. Sa féichíth tuath codh sa puthuíth por ill deileachtáir:
sa lúisíth coill, sa cadaíth cáide aill, e céithear. Seidh contra-mhinn, ill
eabhaid opannaít eall, ill deastraíth sua chian, e ill géichíth ealla realca
eich eall fheineasd.

Codh geo faichre? Codh geo faichre? Fiar-mhinn, no saiphe; nug geo chialaíth
eall chuas porcha ealla phoilíthe no roighreònn róghaithe difichle. 
Smooth translation:
Attention, angry baby!

Oh dear, what has happened? Yesterday a young girl arrived at our pretty house
to look after the baby. She did what she could to entertain the baby: she played
with him, sang songs to him, etc. But despite that the baby attacked her, tore
up her food, and threw the remains out of the window.

What will I do? What will I do? Really, I don't know, and for now I concealed
the affair, so that the police would not answer difficult questions. 
Translation of previous torch Missing
Interlinear Missing
Glossary/mini dictionary
a 	to
aichdhír 	to happen
aill 	to him
aitid 	attention
beall 	pretty
cad 	song
cadáir 	to sing
céithear 	cetera
chian 	food
cialáir 	to hide
codh 	what?, relative pronoun
coill 	with him
contra 	despite, against
costóidhír 	look after
cuas 	affair
deastráith 	to taer up
deileachtáir   	entertain
difichil 	awkward
domh 	house
e 	and
éaráth 	angry
eich 	out of
eabhaid 	baby, child
eire 	yesterday
faichir 	to do
féar 	true
féinir 	to come
fheineasd 	window
geichir 	to throw
geo 	I
giuibhean 	young
ill 	him
lúidhír 	to play
noisd 	our
nug 	now, for now
oidh 	oh, oh dear
opannáir 	to attack
paoll 	girl
poilíthe 	police (pl)
poithéir 	to be able
por 	for
porcha 	so that
realca 	remains (fem pl)
rogháir 	to ask
rogháth 	question
sa 	she (genitive "her" with lenition)
saiphéir 	to know
seidh 	but
sua 	his
tuath 	all 
Grammar notes
3rd person singular past tense: -íth
1st singular future adds -e to infinitive, with lenition and syncope
3rd plural conditional adds -eònn

Feminine nouns lenite after articles, and adjectives lenite after feminine
nouns.

The definite article is (singular) ill eall, (plural) ille ealla, in masc and
fem.

Plurals add -e, sometimes -a, with syncopation