Turas Siar 218 - Riocard Ó Bruadair (R.I.P.) as an Mullach Rua ag caint le Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG, ar an 5ú Márta 2001. Ón gclár “I gCeartlár na nDaoine”.

Ba é an sé an bealach iompair amháin a bhí againne riamh é, an dtuigeann tú.

It was the only means of transport we ever had, you understand..

Dhá n-eachléim síos go Béal an Mhuirthead.

Two leaps down to Belmullet.

Agus thosaigh sé ansin anuraidh.

And it started there last year..

Agus tá siad ar an mbealach anois ar ais leis.

And they are on the way now back with him..

Agus tá dúil le Dia againn.

And we have a desire for God..

Go leanfaidh an Gaeltacht dó anois.

That the Gaeltacht will continue for him now..

De bharr dúirt an Ministéir linn:

As a result, the Minister told us:.

Go gcaithfeadh an bóthar sin a bheith déanta.

That road would have to be made.

Eh tsraith ar shraith

Eh, series after series.

Ón Eachléim go Béal an Mhuirthead

From Eachléim to Belmullet.

Agus tá sé tosaithe ar cinntí, tá an Comhairle Contae ag rá go cinnte go gcaithfidh sé a bheith déanta anois mar bhí an bóthar cúng.

And it has started on decisions, the County Council is definitely saying that it has to be done now because the road was narrow.

Agus bhí an bóthar go holc, an dtuigeann tú?

And the road was bad, do you understand?

Agus modh oibre nua é sin.

And that is a new way of working..

A dtosófaí thiar ab ea seachas a bheith ag tosú i mBéal an Mhuirthead.

It would start in the west rather than starting in Belmullet.

Óh ba é an dtuigeann tú, ba é an rud ab fhearr é, bhíodh sé cuireadh isteach, chuir Éamon Ó Cuív isteach dhá mhíle punt, chuir sé isteach míle punt an áit a dtugann siad bóthar, an gaiste, an áit a raibh an lán mara ag dul trasna air.

Oh, well you understand, it was the best thing, it used to be an entry, Éamon Ó Cuív put in two thousand pounds, he put in a thousand pounds where they call it a road, the trap, the place where the full tide used to go across it...