Dictionary Entry

Bhoil bhí muid ag iomaíocht le lucht agus ansin bhoil bhí siad ag casaoid nach raibh sé féaráilte go mbíodh siadsan ag iomaíocht linne mar go raibh muid ag fáil go raibh an Comharchumann ag fáil deontaisí tacaíochta ó Roinn na Gaeltachta ag an am agus thit sé as a chéile agus is cuimhin liom bhí cúpla ní abróidh mé mórán faoi ach go mb'éigean dúinn imeacht agus bhí bhí bhí go leor rudaí idir lámha mar bhí inneall againn amach le dhul amach ar cíos le cuidiú le feirmeoirí agus mar sin agus bhí ceathrar nó cúigear fostaithe ag an am agus ansin tháinig coiste nua agus mhair rudaí ar feadh bliain nó dhó agus thit rudaí as a chéile anois.

Well, we were competing with people and then, well, they were complaining that it wasn’t fair that they had to compete with us because we were getting, that the Co-operative was getting support grants from the Department of the Gaeltacht at the time, and it fell apart, and I remember there were a couple of things—I won’t say much about it—except that we had to leave, and there were a lot of things going on because we had a machine to go out for hire to help farmers and so on, and there were four or five people employed at the time, and then a new committee came in and things lasted for a year or two and things fell apart now.