Chonaic sé Percy uaidh sa chumann roimh am dinnéara, agus lig sé uaill ghéibheannach, agus theith sé isteach i seomra na gcóta mór. Ach ní raibh dá bharr aige ach a fháil amach bomaite ina dhiaidh sin, nach dtearn sé ach léim a thabhairt ón ghríosaigh isteach i gcroí na tineadh, ná ní raibh i seomra na gcóta mór ach cul-de-sac, agus bhí méileach ait le cluinstin taobh amuigh den doras cheana féin. Bhí a fhios aige go dtug Percy faoi dear é, agus rinne sé réidh lena áit a sheasamh.
Nótaí
Chonaic sé Percy uaidh sa chumann - He saw Percy in the distance from him in the club
uaidh - here it is enough to carry the idea of some distance away - FGB 916
Ní raibh dá bharr aige ach x - all he got from it(an action previously mentioned) was x
Theith sé isteach i seomra na gcóta mór - He fled into the cloak room
dá = de + a(possessive adjective 3rd sing) - the 'a' referrs back to the action in 'Theith sé isteach ...'
de bharr - as a result of/on account of - barr is a noun so a following noun will be in the genitive case:
de bharr na hoibre - on account of the work
de bharr na dea-aimsire - on account of the good weather
go dtug Percy faoi dear é - that Percy noticed him/ took him under his notice
Bhí a fhios aige - he knew but
a fhios - a is another possessive adjective, 3rd singular, used as a place holder for something or fact that will appear later on in the sentence, so 'a' -> go dtug Percy faoi dear é
so Dá bharr(de a bharr), and a fhios, use the same possessive adjective to reference a fact located elsewhere in the sentence or text. In the case of 'dá bharr' it is a back reference, and in the case of 'Bhí a fhios', it is a forward reference. This is fairly central to Irish referencing syntax.