Turas Siar 220 - Cuairt a thug Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG, ar cheann de na ranganna Gaeilge a bhíodh ar siúl i dTuras Siar thiar sna 2000idí. Ar dhuine de na daoine a bhí i láthair, bhí Seán Bairéad as Dubhoileán an Chlochair atá anois ar shlí na fír...

Más rud é go bhfuil tusa amuigh i mbáid i mbáidín beag agus tá tú ag dul i dtreo na gcarraigeacha agus tá teagascóir ar nós marcais nó a leithéid a rá.

If it is that you are out in boats in a little boat and you are going towards the rocks and an instructor like Marcus or someone like that is saying...

Tarraing, tarraing, tarraing, tarraing cibé an cille sleamhnán tógfaidh siad é, tuigfidh siad é agus úsáidfidh siad na focail ansin amach ansin agus dar ndóigh múineann muid gach sórt eile dóibh freisin.

Pull, pull, pull, pull whatever the slide cell they will take it, they will understand it and they will use the words then out there and of course we teach them all sorts of other things as well.

Mar tá mé ag cuimhneamh is iomaí duine a bheadh ag éisteacht linn go mb'fhéidir nach mbeadh suim acu i gcúrsa Gaeilge per sa ach nuair a chloisidís go mbeidís amuigh ar an gclár toinne nó amuigh ar

Because I am thinking there are many people who would be listening to us who perhaps would not have an interest in an Irish course per se but when they would hear that they would be out on the surfboard or out on.

Is dócha inis dhúinn cuide de na himeachtaí a bhíonns ar bun agaibh ar an uisce.

Perhaps tell us about some of the activities you have going on the water.

Is dócha.

I suppose..

Seoltóireacht marcaíocht tine ar nós surfáil cibé gur mhaith leat a chur air.

Sailing, riding fire like surfing, whatever you’d like to call it...

Clár Seoltóireacht

Sailing Program.

cibé

whatever.

Ehm

Ehm.

Beidh clár coirp ehm anois tá sin ag éirí an-mhór. Now anois tá an clú ar sin.

There will be a body program ehm now, that is becoming very popular. Now, now that is getting a reputation..

Agus bíonn siad ag boghdóireacht, ag dreapadóireacht nuair atá aimsir dúshlánach i gceist.

And they go archery, climbing when challenging weather is involved.

Eh beidh sé ag imirt cispheile peile an gnáthstuif ar fad ach em tá sé trí Ghaeilge so mholfainn

Eh he will be playing basketball, football, all the usual stuff but em it’s through Irish so I’d recommend it.

Tá sé fiú daoine a thagann b'fhéidir nach bhfuil mórán suime acu sa Ghaeilge. Mholfainn dóibh teacht mar feicfidh siad gur cheantar Gaeltachta í seo, gur ceantar Gaeltachta í seo agus téann siad amach ar cuairt freisin. Em téann siad ar cuairt. Now tá

It is worthwhile for people to come who maybe don’t have much interest in Irish. I would recommend that they come because they will see that this is a Gaeltacht area, that this is a Gaeltacht area and they also go out on visits. Em, they go on visits. Now, yes.

Seacht

Seven.

Eh thíos ar thíos ar an bhFód Dubh téann siad an treo sin i dtreo an Teach Solais ansin em agus foghlaimíonn siad faoi stair na háite agus faoi na hoileáin ar an ar an gcósta thiar ansin.

Eh down below on the Black Sod they go that way towards the Lighthouse then em and they learn about the history of the place and about the islands on the on the west coast then..