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Caitheann an tAth Ó Murchú a shuil an tfhuinneog amach ar maidin agus cad tá ar an bhfaiche taobh amú roimhe
ach asal marbh.
| Father Murphy looks out his window one morning and sees a dead jackass on the lawn. |
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Glaonn se ar oifig na nGardaí ar an dteileafon agus deireann,"Tá asal marbh 'na luí ar m'fhaiche taobh amú. An misde cupla gardaí a cuireadh cugam i leith cun é a thogaint as?"
| He telephones the police station and says: "There is a dead jackass lying on my lawn. Can you send a few fellows over to take him away? |
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"Cheapas i gcomhnui gur ar do churamsa e Óla Deireanach a cuireadh ar na marbh!" deireann an garda.
| "I thought that Last Rites was your business," says the policeman. |
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(Fanann an tAth Ó Murchú in a thóst go cheann cupla noimeataí)
| ( Fr. Murphey remains silent for a couple of seconds...) |
| agus ansin deireann sé, "Is cheart dom eolas a cuireadh ar na ngeasghaol ar dtus!" | And then he says: "but first we must notify the next of kin." |
Courtesy of Jack & Vivian, IrishPage.com January 2006
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