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Ós rud é gurb éard is aiste ann sraith smaointe
Since an essay is a series of thoughts
Ós rud é Since it is a fact;
gurb éard short for gurb é an rud used here to mean "what"
gurb éard is aiste ann that what an essay is.

This construction may seem clumsy in English
but it is good Irish. Many writers would use ná
before sraith smaointe but it is not necessary
and leaving it out here creates tension
which the author would like to think is appealing!
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