Again De Regge’s sense of adventure and initiative led him into various enterprises, he bought two farms, got involved in a car import business, opened a jewellery store, imported clocks from Switzerland and Germany, sold musical instruments, restored pianos, and bought rental property.
The last venture was one in which he would import watch parts and have the watches assembled in Ennis in an old building he would renovate, according to the plans, and the vocational school would train the Ennis youth to do this kind of job.’ Bhain sé triail as dianfheirmeoireacht éanlaithe agus as madraí folaíochta a thógáil.
Ceist den chineál chéanna a chuir Philip Barron, thiar sa bhliain 1835: ‘From the singular ignorance that prevails, up to the present day, relative to the ancient literature of Ireland, even in the otherwise well-educated circles, questions to the following import are constantly asked, Is there anything to be read in the Irish language?’ Is ar sheanlitríocht na Gaeilge a bhí Barron ag smaoineamh agus ar ndóigh, in ainneoin gach iarrachta a rinneadh ó aimsir sin Barron i leith is baolach go maireann go leor den aineolas céanna i measc aos léinn na tíre ar oidhreacht liteartha na Gaeilge.
An té a dteastódh focail sa Ghaeilge uaidh ar nós ‘evocative’ (allabhrach), ‘transformation’ (claochlú), ‘import’ (brí), ‘reflection’ (machnamh), ‘depict’ (péinteáil), caithfidh sé dul ag méirínteacht tríd an bhfoclóir go dtiocfaidh sé ar an bhfocal Béarla, nó an focal Fraincise sula bhfaighidh sé an focal Gaeilge.
Ligfidh ‘scan’ duit pictiúr a thógáil agus an téacs atá le haistriú a aibhsiú le do mhéar agus féadfaidh tú téacs atá ar phictiúir atá ar d’fhón cheana féin a aistriú ach ‘Import’ a úsáid.