Dictionary Entry

Iorrais í. Má fheiceann tú ar an léarscáil tá sé furast a aithint cén chaoi a raibh mar as as seo goil an bóthar ó dheas go Baile Uí Mhiacháin agus Cathair na Mart agus ar aghaidh ansin go Cnoc Crois Líona agus suas thar n- go Caisleán an Bharraigh is anseo is goil is as seo d'imigh muintir Iorrais amach so ba é Baile Chathail an an an crainn nádúrtha The Banger anois crainn nádúrtha Iorrais. Bhíos oícheantaí móra anseo. Déanann muid dearmad ar na n-amanna nuair atá áit cineál scoiltí amach ón chuid eile den tír. Déanann muid dearmad nach amhlaidh a bhí i gcónaí ná nach n-athraíonn an cineál cumarsáid. Bhí oícheanta móra anseo agus céad bliain ó shin agus bhí bhí ceannaitheoirí as Baile Átha Cliath ag ceannach stoc le haghaidh an margadh measpórtála. Bhí an ceantar seo an-lárnach ar ar ar fad ach thóg thóg Carter ansin nuair a bhí an bóthar tar éis seacht déag nócha hocht nuair a bhí an rialtas ag cur bóithre isteach in Ródála.

It is Erris. If you look at the map it is easy to see how the road went from here south to Ballymachahan and Westport and on then to Crossmolina Hill and up over to Castlebar and here is where the people of Erris went out so Ballycathail was the natural tree, The Banger now, the natural tree of Erris. There were big nights here. We forget the times when a place is kind of split off from the rest of the country. We forget that it was not always like that or that the kind of communication does not change. There were big nights here a hundred years ago and there were buyers from Dublin buying stock for the export market. This area was very central altogether but Carter then took it when the road was after seventeen ninety-eight when the government was putting roads into Roadala.