Turas Siar 228 - Pádraic S. as an gCartúr le Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG : Tornóga, áitheanna agus tionscal na ceilpe sa gceantar fadó.

tosaigh a dhéanamh air seo mar a chuaigh an chaint idir mé féin agus pádraic ó murchú ar an gcartúr

start this as the conversation went between myself and Pádraic Ó Murchú on the cartúr.

phádraig tá sé san amhrán

Pádraig, it is in the song.

píopa anda mhóir

a very big pipe

thabharfainn lán an bhíobla gur tornóg a bhí ar an gcaolach leis an deatach a bhí os mo chionnsa ag píopa anda mhóir

I would swear on the whole Bible that it was a beetle on the reed with the smoke that was above me from a big pipe.

mbíodh tornóga thart anseo

there used to be sand dunes around here.

tornóga a bhíodh

there used to be tornadoes.

bhíodh torann againn anseo amuigh le

We used to have noise out here.

ach bhí siad imithe

but they were gone.

le linn s'againne

during our time

lár na gcaogaidí tá mise ag leagan amach an dream deireanach a mbíodh siad ag déanamh turnóga le bheith ag dó ceilp

In the middle of the fifties I am laying out the last group who used to take turns burning kelp.

ach

but.

bhí

was

turnóga ansin ina dhiaidh acu i gcónaí mar a bhíodh le haghaidh na slata mara

towers then always after them as used to be for the fishing rods.

bhíodh siad thiar sa bport mór

They used to be back in the big port.

thoir anseo thoir ar an bhfud dubh

bring here bring on the black bottom.