{"id":590,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/preab-san-ol\/"},"modified":"2017-08-15T13:26:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T12:26:45","slug":"preab-san-ol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/preab-san-ol\/","title":{"rendered":"Preab san \u00d3l"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Preab san \u00d3l<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-590-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/preab-san-ol.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/preab-san-ol.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/preab-san-ol.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/preab-san-ol.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"dmeite\">\n<p><span id=\"neasc-nocht-ceilth\" class=\"nmeite\">view \/ hide recording details [+\/-]<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"clarMeiteashonrai\" class=\"meiteashonrai\">\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teideal <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Title)<\/span>:<\/span> Preab san \u00d3l.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> 850111.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chnuasach Bh\u00e9aloideas \u00c9ireann <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(National Folklore of Ireland Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Roud <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Roud Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Laws <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Laws Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Child <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Child Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Cnuasach <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Collection)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney Collection, University of Washington, Seattle.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teanga na Cro\u00edmh\u00edre <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Core-Item Language)<\/span>:<\/span> Irish.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Catag\u00f3ir <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Category)<\/span>:<\/span> song.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a thug <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Informant)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a th\u00f3g <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Collector)<\/span>:<\/span> James Cowdery.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">D\u00e1ta an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Date)<\/span>:<\/span> between 1979 and 1981.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Su\u00edomh an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Location)<\/span>:<\/span> Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Oc\u00e1id an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Occasion)<\/span>:<\/span> private.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Daoine eile a bh\u00ed i l\u00e1thair <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Others present)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">St\u00e1das ch\u00f3ipcheart an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording copyright status)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Anyway, <cite class=\"amhr\u00e1n\">&#8216;Preab san \u00d3l&#8217;<\/cite> A literal translation I give you now&hellip; what the song is all about. &#8216;Is iomadh sl\u00ed sin- There&#8217;s a lot of ways of earning money,&#8217; you know. There&#8217;s a lot of ways of enjoying yourself and entertaining yourself. But there&#8217;s- He found no better way than to be dipping your finger in the drink. Wherever you travel, all over the world &#8211; Spain, or anywhere &#8211; the first thing somebody&#8217;ll ask you: &#8216;Have a drink.&#8217; Now. That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s all about. And it says, too, no matter how rich you are, no matter how good you are, you won&#8217;t get a penny into the grave with you, so you may as well drink it [indistinct]. This is the way it goes:<\/p>\n<p>Nach iomadh sl\u00ed sin a bh\u00edonns ag daoine<br \/>\nAg cruinni\u00fa p\u00edosa\u00ed is ag d\u00e9anamh st\u00f3ir<br \/>\nIs a laghad a smaoin\u00edonn ar ghiorra an tsaoil seo<br \/>\nGo mbeidh siad s\u00ednte faoi leic go f\u00f3ill<br \/>\nM\u00e1s tiarna t\u00edre, di\u00fac n\u00f3 r\u00ed th\u00fa,<br \/>\nN\u00ed chuirfear pingin leat is t\u00fa ag gabh\u00e1il faoin bhf\u00f3d<br \/>\nMar sin is dh\u00e1 bhr\u00ed sin, n\u00edl beart n\u00edos cr\u00edonna<br \/>\nN\u00e1 bheith go s\u00edora\u00ed ag cur preab san \u00f3l.<\/p>\n<p>An loing thar s\u00e1ile n\u00edl cl\u00faid n\u00e1 cearda ann<br \/>\nNach gcaithfidh sp\u00e1s ar fud an domhain mh\u00f3ir<br \/>\nI gcr\u00edoch na Sp\u00e1inne n\u00f3 suas Gibraltar<br \/>\nIns an \u00e1it a mb\u00edonn an Grand Se\u00f1or<br \/>\nLe gach cargo a l\u00edonfadh m\u00e1la\u00ed<br \/>\nN\u00ed choinneodh an b\u00e1s uait uair n\u00f3 dh\u00f3<br \/>\nMar sin a chairde, n\u00edl beart is fearr d\u00fainn<br \/>\nN\u00e1 bheith mar at\u00e1 muid ag cur preab san \u00f3l.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"t:aistriuchan\">Translation<\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s many a way that people have<br \/>\nof collecting stuff and making money;<br \/>\nAnd little they think of the shortness of this life,<br \/>\nor that they&#8217;ll be stretched out under a gravestone before long.<br \/>\nBe you a landlord, duke or king,<br \/>\nnot a penny will go with you to the grave.<br \/>\nFor that reason, the wisest plan<br \/>\nis to drink heartily!<\/p>\n<p>The ship on the ocean will find a haven<br \/>\nsomewhere in the world &#8211;<br \/>\nin Spain or Gibraltar<br \/>\nwhere the Grand Se\u00f1or lives &#8211;<br \/>\nbut every cargo that comes<br \/>\nwon&#8217;t keep death from you for an hour or two.<br \/>\nSo, friends, there&#8217;s no plan better<br \/>\nthan to carry on as we&#8217;re doing and drink to our hearts&#8217; content!<\/p>\n<div class=\"n\u00f3ta\u00ed-bun-leathanaigh\">\n<h2 id=\"t:notai\">Notes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"n\u00f3ta-bun-leathanaigh\">This lively drinking song was composed by Mayo poet Rioc\u00e1rd Bair\u00e9ad (c. 1740-1819); for text and discussion see Nicholas Williams, Rioc\u00e1rd Bair\u00e9ad: Amhr\u00e1in (Dublin, 1978), 72 and notes. Note the thematic similarity between this song and An Buinne\u00e1n Bu\u00ed.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amhrain","category-amhrain-i-ngaeilge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1929,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions\/1929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}