Turas Siar 189 - Pádraic Ó Maolruaidh as Leitir Fhinnín, ceantar Thuar Mhic Éadaigh, ag caint le Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG.

A Helen.

A Helen.. .

Agus dimíodh sí sa lár.

And she disappeared in the middle.

agus

and. .

Tráthnóna ansin thugadh sí abhaile arís iad.

In the evening then she would bring them home again.

Agus bhí sí á dhéanamh sin lá i ndiaidh lá.

And she was doing that day after day.

Nuair a crua suas go dtí thart.

When it gets tough up to about...

Deireadh Fómhair nó mar sin bhíodar ina n-éanacha maithe an t-am sin.

October or so they were good birds at that time.

'Sea, 'sea.

Yes, yes.. .

Ach

Ach. .

Bhí, dimigh, dimir an mhaidin seo ar chaoi ar bith.

Was, disappeared, disappeared this morning anyway...

agus

and. .

Thángadar tráthnóna agus ní rabhadar ag teacht abhaile.

They came in the evening and they were not coming home.

Agus tháinig dorchadas na hoíche agus níor thángadar abhaile.

And the darkness of night came and they did not come home.

Agus bhí mé féin ag déanamh imní, bhí imní agam dóibh, meastar céard a tharlóf, an dtuigeann tú?

And I myself was worrying, I was worried for them, you wonder what will happen, do you understand?

Ó thús.

From the beginning... .