It needs the "ancroiait" website treatment where:
Line 1: Correct Irish lyric
Line 2: approximate phonetic sound
Line 3: word for word translation
Line 4: translation
Note: things to learn from this line
I do love their treatment of The Cup Song and Wake Me Up - it does help a bit to echo or try to echo the singers - and I haven't a clue which dialect they are in. At my very beginner stage it just feels nice to join in making the sounds so that it is not so foreign to my ears.
This could be a good challenge for the new year - just suggesting.
Happy New Year
JulieA

Hi Julie. Yes, I also think that knowing the meaning of each word is very important. I'm also interested in that. =]
Thanks for replying as well. Happy new year.