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

Ná ná chois tí.

Do not go near the house.

Ná le taobh na háite.

Not beside the place..

Sean leat.

Old with you..

Agus nuair a mbeidh neart soith acu ansin

And when they have plenty of vessels then.

Bheadh siad dhá gcruinniú ansin ar feadh an gheimhridh i rith an tsamhraidh go dtí nach mbeadh sé ag dul am a dhul i bhfigh Wash ná ag iarraidh aoil le haghaidh.

They would be gathering there then during the winter in the summer until he would not be going to weave Wash nor looking for lime for...

Le haghaidh fata

For potatoes.

Sea

Yes.

Tá mé ag cuimhneamh anois, tá áiteacha le cladach síos ar an mbaile sin againne thíos i gConamara agus tá lorg ann, níl lorg ná fhír ná ná tornóg ná tada mar sin.

I am remembering now, there are places with a shore down in that town of ours down in Connemara and there is a trace there, there is no trace of a man or a rabbit burrow or anything like that..

gConamara

of Connemara

Tornóg

Skyscraper.

Ach tá lorg ann sa méid is go bhfuil ualach sliogáin ann.

But there is a trace in that there is a load of shells there..

Agus tá mé den tuairim go mb'fhéidir gur den rud atá tusa a rá gur gur spota é a dtugtaí ann iad le haghaidh an le haghaidh aol a dhéanamh.

And I am of the opinion that perhaps what you are saying is that it is a spot where they used to bring them for the purpose of making lime.

Ach bhí tú ag caint ansin an tsaol é féin abair.

But you were talking there, life itself, say..

Caint ansin.

Talk then..

Cén fhad meastú a thógfadh sé ualach sliogáin go ndéanfá?

How long do you think it would take to make a load of shells?