An dó a chlog, maidin shamhraidh an t-am a bhí ann, agus an t-ionad: áit éigin i Hampstead. Agus le linn a bheith ag siúl síos na céimeanna go dtí an cabhsa dó, smaointigh sé den fichiú uair ar bhaois an chinidh dhaonna, agus ar a bhaois féin go háirithe. Cad é faoin spéir a thug air riamh a ligean don rí-amadán sin Percy a tharraingt isteach ina leithéid de choimhthleán gealt.
Nótaí
An dó a chlog - The article 'an' is often used instead of 'A dó a chlog' in Ulster Irish for this sort of time reference
le linn a bheith ag siúl síos na céimeanna go dtí an cabhsa dó - as he walked down the steps to the pad
le linn (x) - when x is a noun, since 'linn' is also a noun, the noun governed by 'linn' will be in the gentive:
le linn an lae(gen of 'lá'); le linn na míosa(gen of mí); le linn na bliana(gen of bliain): during the[day, month, year]
le linn (x) - when x is a phrase or clause, the whole phrase or clause can be regardes as being in the genitive, though in Modern Irish nouns within the phrase or clause will be left in the nominative
le linn (x) tharla (y) - during the period that x was happening y occurred - English would use the adverb 'as'
cad é a thug air - what made him - rud a thabhairt ar dhuine - made somebody do something - an idiomatic use of 'thug'
a ligean don .... - ligean do x y a dhéanamh - let(allow) x to do y - 'do' is the preposition used in Irish - English just uses a bare infinitive - let x do y: let x walk/convince/stay etc.
a tharraingt - é a tharraingt - Ulster Irish often uses the possessive adjective in this concise way
so: mo tharraingt(mé a tharraingt - me to draw); do tharraingt(tú a tharraingt - you to draw); a tarraingt(í a tharraint - her to draw)