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START: OWEN: Now. Where have we got to?...

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Lieutenant Yolland Owen

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START: OWEN: Now. Where have we got to? Yes--the point where that stream enters the sea--that tiny little beach there. George!
YOLLAND: Yes. I’m listening. WHat do you call it? Say the Irish name again?
OWEN: Bun na hAbhann.
YOLLAND: Again.
OWEN: Bun na hAbbann.
YOLLAND: Bun na hAbbann.
OWEN: That’s terrible, George.
[... …]
END: YOLLAND: But I wasn’t intimidated. ‘I’m sorry, sir,’ I said, ‘But certain tasks demand their own tempo. You cannot rename a whole country overnight.’ Your Irish air has made me bold.

Brial Friel. Translations. Faber & Faber, 1981. Pp.34-36.

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