Turas Siar 228 - Pádraic S. as an gCartúr le Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG : Tornóga, áitheanna agus tionscal na ceilpe sa gceantar fadó.
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The title mentions 'Pádraic S. as an gCartúr', and the conversation style and content suggest an elderly native speaker from Erris.
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Agus is iad sin a bhíodá dhéanamh.
And those are what you used to do.
Rud a dtugann siad an Department air, tháinig sé amach ina dhiaidh sin.
Something they call the Department, it came out afterwards.
Aníos anseo thuas i Ros Dumhach.
Up here above in Ros Dumhach..
Bhíodh seisean, ba é an ba é an máistir a bhí thart anseo acu agus bhí fear eile thíos ar a
He used to be, he was the master they had around here and there was another man down below at it.
Thíos i léim anseo mar a dtug sé Paddy Walker air bhí sé sin ag baint leis.
Down below in a leap here where he called him Paddy Walker, that was connected with it.
Agus cá mbíodh sé ag dul, meastú nó cén úsáid a bhíothas a dhéanamh dhó nó cé bhí dhá cheannacht agus cé le
And where was he going, do you think, or what use was being made of him, or who was buying him and whose was he.
Siad dhá cheannacht, bhíodh sé ag imeacht as seo, bhíodh báid sa tseanam, bhí báid dhá thabhairt, bhíodh bád sheanmhaigh Mháire anois, bhíodh siad dhá thabhairt.
They were two purchases, he used to be leaving from here, there used to be boats in the old place, boats were being taken, the old boat of Máire was there now, they used to be taking them...
Chuireadh siad ar chartacha ar dtús é agus thugadh siad síos é go dtí an áit a bhfuil an raibh an seanmhonarcha Gaeltachta Éireann thíos ansin i dTrá Lí san áit a bhfuil Coláiste Ciarán inniu.
They used to put him on carts at first and they would bring him down to the place where the old Gaeltacht Éireann factory was down there in Tralee, in the place where Coláiste Ciarán is today.
Bhoil, bhí stór ansin.
Well, there was a treasure there..
Agus chuirfí isteach ansin ina stórthaí é, bhíodh na cartacha ansin dhá tharraingt síos cartacha beithígh, mar a déarfá, cartacha asail.
And then it would be put into their stores, the carts would be there drawing it down, cattle carts, as you’d say, donkey carts…