Ní bhfuaireamar (le n-ithe) ann ach a' ghorta. We were starved there Ní bheidh fé sna gais [guⁱs] sin ach a' ghorta. What will be under those stalks will give us only starvation.
Is mó aindeiseoir a fuair bás de'n ngorta. = Many an unfortunate died of hunger. Aimsir na Gorta = The time of the famine. "Grainseach na Gorta" = "Hungry Grange" = leas-ainm tarcuisneach ar an áit.
Thá an ghorta i n-a chroidhe = .i. He is stingy, 7rl. Ní tabharfadh sí uaithe uisce na n-ubh thá an oiread san de'n ngorta i n-a croidhe = .i. She is so stingy.
Níl ann siubhal leis a' ngorta. = .i. hunger, want of food, malnutrition. Níl ag goileamhaint air ac an ghorta. = There is nothing the matter with him but malnutrition.