Thá mé céasta 'ge - He has me tormented. Bíonn na dathacha ga chéasadh nuair a bhíonn an aimsear fliuch. - tortured. "Ní céasadh go pósadh" = sean-radh.
Bhíomar n-ár gcéasadh ag na Gaill ar feadh na céadta bliadhain. - We were being persecuted by the foreigners for hundreds of years. Céasta le droich-dhlighthe - Persecuted by bad laws. ("Géarleanamhaint" - ní cuimhin liom é.)