Turas Siar 242 - Anraí Ó Corrdubh as Ros Dumhach ag caint le Seán Ó Tuairisc sna 70idí. Ón gclár “Beatha Duine É A Thoil”.

Caithfear é sin a leigheas i dtosach.

That must be fixed first.

An Ghaeilge a chur mar theanga

To make Irish a language.

na Gaeltachta.

of the Gaeltacht

Agus an Béarla a ghearradh amach chomh fada agus a thig leo.

And to cut out the English as much as they can..

Anois ní fheicim aon mhaitheas a bheith ag múineadh Gaeilge do pháistí scoile.

Now I see no good in teaching Irish to school children.

Múinteoirí ag briseadh briseadh a gcroíthe agus ar ndóigh sin atá ar siúl againn le blianta fada agus páistí ag briseadh a gcroíthe ag iarraidh Gaeilge a fhoghlaim 'Sin iad na páistí nach bhfuil sé.

Teachers breaking their hearts and of course that is what we have been doing for many years and children breaking their hearts trying to learn Irish. 'Those are the children who don't have it...

acu.

at them / they have

Agus ansin nuair a

And then when.

Fágann siad an áit ina éiríonn siad suas nuair a bheas siad.

They leave the place where they get up when they will.

Fág siad an mheánscoil ar chuma ar bith.

They left secondary school anyway.

Níl aon chaill ach focal Gaeilge a labhairt ansin amach.

There is no harm but to speak an Irish word from then on.

Sure feicim é sin. Tá mé ar siúl anseo le blianta fada ag múineadh Gaeilge.

Sure, I see that. I have been here for many years teaching Irish.

agus

and.

Ceathrar as gach cúigear.

Four out of every five.

A mhúin mé, tá siad thall i Sasana, tá siad nó i Meiriceá.

I taught, they are over in England, they are or in America..