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ach anseo i músaem shaol na tuaithe tá iarsmaí fhisiciúla den saol sin tá sé tráthúil mar sin go dtabharfaí le chéile an dream a bhfuil caint agus cur síos acu ar an saol sin ar an láthair phoiblí seo is mó le rá a bhfuil iarsmaí an tsaoil sin cruinnithe ann ar mo chlé anseo tá seán ó murchú tiománaí leoraí ag mcdonis thomas mcdonagh an suns lucht crua-earraí na gaillimhe fear atá amuigh ar a phinsean anois seán ó murchú as eanach cuain dhó ó dhúchas an-scil ag seán i gcúrsaí feilméarachta capaill agus céachtaí agus ainmhí agus eile suim ar leith aige i leaganacha cainte atá imithe as béal na ndaoine ina cheantar féin agus fear mór léitheoireachta é i mbéarla agus i ngaeilge cén t-amhrán é siúd a sheáin ag muintir chonamara a bhfuil tagairt do chapaill agus do chéachtaí ann

but here in the Museum of Country Life there are physical remnants of that life, so it is appropriate that the people who talk about and describe that life should be brought together in this public place where the remnants of that life are collected. On my left here is Seán Ó Murchú, a lorry driver with McDonis Thomas McDonagh & Sons, the hardware people of Galway, a man now out on his pension. Seán Ó Murchú from Eanach Cuain, originally from there. Seán has great skill in farming matters, horses and ploughs and animals and so on. He has a particular interest in turns of phrase that have disappeared from the speech of people in his own area, and he is a great reader in both English and Irish. What is that song, Seán, among the people of Connemara, that refers to horses and ploughs?