2. Saint Valentine was a priest
who lived a long, long time
ago in Rome.
Sagart ab ea Naomh
Vailintín a bhí ina chónaí sa
Róimh, fadó.
3. At the time Rome was ruled
by an emperor called
Claudius.
Bhí an t-impire Claudius i
réim sa Róimh ag an am.
4. Claudius was
angry because
nobody wanted
to join his
army.
All of the men
wanted to stay
at home with
their wives
and children.
Bhí fearg ar Claudius mar nár imigh aon fhear
isteach ina airm. Theastaigh uathu fanacht sa
bhaile lena gclann.
5. Claudius said that nobody could get married. He thought that
this way the men would have no families and they would come
and join his army. A kind priest called Valentine helped the
men by letting them marry their sweethearts in secret.
Dúirt Claudius nách raibh cead
ag éinne pósadh. Cheap sé go
rachadh na fir isteach ina airm
ansin. Bhí sagart cineálta ann
darb ainm Vailintín agus phós
sé lánúin go rúnda.
6. Nuair a fuair Claudius
amach faoi seo tháinig
fearg air. Ghabh a
shaighdiúirí Vailintín agus
chaitheadar é i bpríosúin.
7. Whilst he was in
prison, Valentine
began to teach the
blind daughter of his
jailer. She was called
Julia.
Fad is a bhí sé i
bpríosúin thosnaigh sé ag
múineadh cailín dall darb
ainm Julia di.
8. Julia and Valentine became great friends and
Valentine cured Julia’s blindness with a miracle.
D’éirigh Julia agus Vailintín an-chairdiúil agus
leigheas Vailintín Julia le miorúilt. Ní raibh sí
dall a thuilleadh!
9. On the day that
Valentine died, he
wrote a letter to
Julia and signed it
from ‘Your Valentine’.
Ar an lá a fuair Vailintín
bás scríobh se litir go
Julia agus shínigh sé é
‘Do Vailintín’
10. The story says that
Valentine died on
February 14th. Now
every year on this date
people send cards to
their loved ones. It is
called Valentine’s Day.
Fuair Vailintín bás ar
an 14ú Feabhra. Gach
lá ar an dáta seo
tugann daoine cártaí
dá chéile. Glaotar Lá le
Vailintín ar an lá seo.
