How do I say ''people would have to travel''? I want to use "ní foláir dóibh'' but in the conditional. GRMA

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{Is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin}

níorbh fholáir is both the past and conditional

Oh, thank you. That really answers my question simply. I guess it is like the rules around''is maith liom '' changing to ''ba mhaith liom '' for both the past and the conditional .

the confusing part is the use of ''ní'' to indicate a statement in the positive sense. I believe this also holds true for ''ní mór dom''.

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{Is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin}

But you can also say: do chaithfeadh na daoine - and that would be clearly conditional. Or do chaithfí with the conditional autonomous.

Yes, a lot of Irish phrases are phrased in the negative in way confusing to a learner. Foláir (pronounced fláir) means superfluous, so literally it is "it is not superfluous to me to do so".