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

Charraig

Charraig. .

Sea ach

Yes but. .

By Dad bhí sé saor ach ar ndóigh bhí airgead gann san am ní raibh sé chomh

By Dad it was cheap but of course money was scarce at the time it wasn’t so.

Bhí an t-airgead gan dá réir an bhfuil a fhios agat nuair a chuirfeá.

The money was without order do you know when you would put...

Sea

Yes. .

Meas tú meas tú céard a bhí ar ghalún peitril, an mbeifeá á cheannacht le haghaidh cairr san am?

Do you think, do you think what was the price of a gallon of petrol, would you be buying it for cars at the time?

Níl mé in ann sin a rá a Mháirtín anois déarfaidh mé an fhírinne ach níl a fhios agam Máire céard a bhí mise agus bhí bhínn bhínn á cheannacht an dtuigeann tú le haghaidh le haghaidh an le haghaidh an tarracóir beag a bhí ann bhfuil fhios agat agus níl mé

I can't say that, Máirtín, now I will tell the truth but I don't know, Máire, what I was and I used to be, used to be buying it, do you understand, for, for the, for the little tractor that was there, you know, and I am not.

Bhfuil fhios agat.

Do you know.. .

Nach maith is cuimhneach leat nach maith is cuimhneach leat luach an TV?

Don’t you well remember, don’t you well remember the value of the TV?

Is maith liom is maith is cuimhneach liom é sin mura cén fáth go raibh a fhios agam é sin bhfuil fhios agat an t-am a fuair mé an tarracóir fuair mé drum mór an dtuigeann tú ón dream na heolaí an bhfuil a fhios agat.

I like, I like, I remember that well except why I knew that, do you know the time I got the tractor, I got a big drum, do you understand, from the group of scientists, do you know...

Sea

Yes. .

agus

and. .

Le a gceart féin a thabhairt dó dream na hullaí thabharfaidís dhuit an t-am sin é.

To give them their due, the people of the apples would give it to you at that time.

Gan á n-íocaíocht ach amuigh.

Without their payment but outside..

an oiread seo a íoc in aghaidh aon ghalún an dtuigeann tú nuair a nuair a bheadh

to pay this much per gallon do you understand when when it would be