Datapoint Irish English/Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to habitual contexts

Variety: Irish English
Feature: Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to habitual contexts
Value: B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants: Markku Filppula

Examples

Example 3974:
they were going there long ago [to cut turf]