Dùn Dearduil Dùn Dearduil

Faclan is abairtean: Bha mi ag innse sgeulachd ainmeil dhuibh: I was telling you a famous story; tha àite faisg air Inbhir Nis a tha co-cheangailte ri Deirdre: there is a place close to Inverness which is connected to Deirdre; thuirt muinntir an àite: the people of the place said; gun robh an tùr aig Naois is Deirdre air mullach an dùin: that Naois and Deirdre’s tower was at the summit of the dùn; cnoc àrd: a high hill; tha dà abhainn aig a bhonn: there are two rivers at its base; ann an Linn an Iarainn: during the Iron Age; bha mi ann o chionn beagan bhliadhnaichean: I was there a few years ago; cha robh e doirbh a dhol suas: it wasn’t difficult to go up; dithis: two people; bha mi a’ dol a dh’innse sgeulachd Deirdre do chàch: I was going to tell the others the story of Deirdre; gu mì-fhortanach: unfortunately; cha do thachair sin: that didn’t happen; dh’fheuch sinn: we tried; tarsainn abhainn: across a river; chuala sinn fuaim neònach: we heard a strange sound; beathach ann am pian: an animal in pain; bean-sìthe: a fairy woman; rudeigin eagallach: a little frightening; chuir an abhainn stad oirnn: the river stopped us; cus: too much; garbh:rough; tha am fraoch air àrd is tiugh: the heather on it is high and thick; raineach; bracken; leig feadhainn a h-uile craobh: some people [identity unknown] felled every tree; nach robh dùthchasach: which was not native; nan laighe far an do thuit iad:lying where they fell; cha robh mi riamh a’ coiseachd ann an àite cho garbh: I was never walking in such a rough place; sgreuchail: screeching; beathach ann an ribe: an animal in a trap; taibhs: ghost; carson a thuirt mi sin?: why did I say that?; bha an sealladh de Loch Nis àlainn: the view of Loch Ness was beautiful; tha mullach an dùin torrach is feurach:the summit of the hill is fertile and grassy; oir: because; cha robh ùine agam sgeulachd Deirdre innse: I didn’t have time to tell the story of Deirdre; bha cabhag oirnn tilleadh: we were in a hurry to return; a bhith glaiste air an dùn san dorchadas: to be stuck on the hill in darkness; agus rudeigin air choreigin a’ sgreuchail mar thaibhs: with something or other screaming like a ghost.