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

Agus dhéanfadh sí na cnap mhór fhaca tú an fic a bhíodh ag dul sa tara fadó 'Sea 'sin é an cineál a bhíodh 'Sin é an chaoi a mbíonn sí déanann sí cnap nuair a ritheann sí fuaraíonn sí.

And she would make the big lump you saw, the pitch that used to go in the tar long ago. Yes, that's the kind it used to be. That's how it is, she makes a lump when she runs, she cools...

Agus bhíodar in ann é a thógáil ina chnap, bhí siad in ann é a thógáil ina chnap, d'airigh mé ag rá iad go mbíodh cnaipe chomh mór corruair agus nach mbeifeá, nach mbeidh fear in ann é a thógáil den talamh le ord ansin a bhíodh siad dhá bhriseadh.

And they were able to lift it in a lump, they were able to lift it in a lump, I heard them saying that sometimes the lump would be so big that you wouldn’t, that no man would be able to lift it from the ground with a sledgehammer, then they would be breaking it.

Bhí siad in ann a ógánach, d'airigh.

They were able to hear their young man, they felt..

Bhíodh sé chomh crua sin, chaithfeadh siad a bheith ag siúl ard agus a chur isteach i málaí saaic.

It used to be so hard, they would have to be walking high and putting it into sack bags.

Óh 'sea.

Oh yes..

Agus bhíodh sé réitithe ina mhálaí ansin agus cé

And it used to be packed into bags then and so on.

Cé a bhí dhá thógáil uathu nó cá dtéadh sé meastú?

Who was taking it from them or where would he go, do you think?

dtéadh sé.

he would go..

Bhoil ar an mbaile seo fadó.

Well, in this town long ago...

Bhí stór thíos anseo ar an mbaile ag

There was a store down here in the town at.

Muintir Chatháin dream a dtugadh siad.

The people of Catháin, a group they called...

Clainn Sheáin mhí Mháire uirthi.

The family of Seán, with "Mháire" as her surname.

Ba

Was.

Mar a deir siad, Merchans a bhí iontu sin fadó, bhíodh siad ag déanamh 'chuile shórt, bhíodh siad ag díol is ag ceannacht.

As they say, they were Merchants back then, they used to do all sorts of things, they used to be selling and buying...

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