Oi!

I’m Giovana
and this time I’ll
entertain you with
a fairytale:

once upon a time

Mary! Chaigh Máire
go dtí rince lena
dhearthair Liam;

Mary went to a dance

with her brother Liam;
Bhuail sí le maistír
scoile darbh ainm
Pádraig; She met with
a teacher of the name
— I mean, called — Patrick.

And they lived

happily ever after.
Kidding!

Again, arís, cá raibh

Mairé nuair a bhuail
sí le Pádraigh?
Where was Mary
when she met Patrick?
Why don't you stop
the video and try to
remember?

Wait, did you really

do that? Weird!
Bhuel, chuaigh
Máire go dtí rince
lena dhearthair
Liam agus bhuail
sí le maistír scoile
darbh ainm Pádraig
— She went to a
dance with her brother
Liam and met with
a teacher called Patrick.

That Máire i ngrá leis;

Mary fell in love with
him; Tar éis tamaill bhí
Máire torrach;
After a while, Mary
was pregnant!

Should we ask
“what’s wrong with
you, girl?” or cad a
tharla do Mháire nuair
a thit sí i ngrá le
Pádraig? —
What happened to
Mary when she fell
in love with Patrick?
I’m sensible, so I’ll
choose the second one.

Tar éis tamaill bhí

Mháire torrach —
Mary, after a while,
was pregnant.

We do need to
recapitulate: be
pregnant — torrach
— or carry a baby
— ag iompar
chainne —, as was
common to say,
was a sin! For single
mothers, obviously.

That's what bring us

another question: cad
a fuair máthair Mháire
amach? What did Mary's
mother find out agus, and,
cad a rinne a máthair?
What did her mother do?

Fuair a máthair amach go

rabh sí ag iompar chainne,
her mother found out that
she was carrying a child,
Agus rinne sí iarrach an
leanbh a mharú, and she
— Mary's mother — tried
to kill the baby.

She did what? Yes! I know!

This is kinda “I would die
for you” but upsidedown.
And I don't know you, but
if it was me, I would run hard
for my li– my baby's life!

D’ealaigh Máire go dtí an

chathair;
Mary escaped to the city.

Cén áit ar éalaigh Máire

chuige?
Where did she escape to?
Yes! The city… What does
means Dublin! She used
to live outside, far away
Dublin, what in the 60’s
was even harder.

Fuair sí post mar chuntóir

tís; She found a job as house
assistant.

Cén post a fuar sí ar dtús?

What job did she get, so?
We already know,
fuair sí post mar chuntóir tís,
she found a job as
house assistant.
She was alone in this world.

But, wait! Everything can

get worse!

Tháinig oibri soisialta

go dtí an teach.
A social worker came
to the house. Fuair sí
áit do Mháire I dteach
tearmainn, she found
place for Mary in a
refuge house.

A refuge house, usually

some religious institution,
is where unmarried women
and girls were sent to give
birth in secrecy.
Even though there existed
people like Mary that
didn't even know what a
foster home was, they used
to pressure mothers during
emotional abuse, so they
gave their children for
adoption.

We watched a movie,
Philomena, that shows
how babies were sold
for american couples.

D’oíbrigh Máire sa
seomra niochain;
Mary worked,
while pregnant,
in the washing room
of the refuge house.

For her baby and

for herself —
there's no choice,
she needed to!

And, Agus, cé a fuair

áit do Mháire I dteach
tearmainn?
Who got a place for Mary
in the refuge?
Tháinig oibrí soisialta
go dtí an teach agus
FUAIR SÍ áit do Mháire
I dteach tearmainn!
The social worker!
The govern knew and
supported these
institutions!

For me, it was

mind-explosion-a-like.

Rudagh a leanbh agus

thug sí Padraigín uirthi
— Her baby was born
and she was called, I
mean, received the
name of Padraigín,
that is Patrick's feminine
in irish. Because he
was the baby's father —
do you understand, right?

Anyways, cén t-ainm a

thug Máire ar an leanbh?
What name did Mary
give to her baby?
Padraigín! Rudagh a
leanbh agus thug sí
Padraigín uirthi.

D’fhág Máire an teach

tearmainn; Mary left
the refuge house. But
how did she survive?
Cá raibh Máire ag
obair mair a d’fhág sí
an teach tearmainn?
Where was Mary
working when she left
the refuge house?

Thosaigh sí ag obair
i monarcha;
She started to work
in a factory.

Agus, and, what

happened to the house?
Cad a tharla don teach?
Thit an teach anuas;
The house fell down.

WOW! A house fell down!

But that's not important
guys, what's important is
the gossip:

Chuaig Máire chun

cónaí le Maili,
Mary went to live with
Mali, a prostitute that fell
pity. Then:
Bhuail Máire le Colm taobh
amuigh de chaifé,
Mary met Colm outside a
cafe.

Colm was the one that

introduced Mary to Patrick
and Patrick to Mary, during
that friggin dancing. May you
ask me,

cad a fuair Máire amach

nuair a bhuail sí le Colm?
What did Mary find out when
she met Colm? The answer is
simple: news about the one
that she promised never
mention or even write to.

Fuair sí amach go rabh bean

Pádraig marbh.
She found out
that Patrick's wife was dead.
Guess what: she didn't even
finish the coffee. Instead,
she ran home, starting to write
a letter for him.

But the own Patrick appeared

at her door before she even
give it to him.
Tháinig Pádraig agus Colm
go dtí teach Mhaili agus bhí
siad olta. Patrick and Colm
went to Mali’s house and they
were drunk.

Cad a cheap Máire nuair

a tháinig Pádraig go dtí
an teach? What did Mary
think when Patrick came to
the house?

Cheap Máire go rabh

Pádraig tagtha di ach
bhí sé ag iarraidh luí le
striapach. Mary though
that Patrick had came to
her but he actually was
trying to sleep with a
prostitute.

Someday, Mali smelled

gas in her own room
and, once she opened
the door, she saw
Padraigín’s head inside
the oven, and Mary pressed
against her child’s legs.

Cén fáth gur mharaigh

Máire an leanbh? Why
did Mary kill the baby?
Mharaigh Máire a leanbh
de bhri gurbh cailín.
Mary killed her baby
because she was a girl.