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

Mar a bhídís timpeall cósta Thír Chonaill.

As they used to be around the coast of Donegal..

Ní dóigh liom go raibh thart anseo anois, b'fhéidir, taobh istigh de Bhéal an Mhuirthead.

I don't think he was around here now, maybe, inside Belmullet..

Bhí bhí iascaireacht ar siúl ansin fada fada ó shin.

There was fishing going on there a long, long time ago.

Fiú amháin os cionn céad bliain ó shin nó siar chomh fada le ocht déag caoga.

Even over a hundred years ago or as far back as eighteen fifty..

Bhí bhí Flon ag teacht ó Ghaillimh.

Flon was coming from Galway.

Go dtí eh

Until eh.

An Baile Glas ná an chuid sin den den chuan agus thógadh siad na an t-iasc leofa go Gaillimh sin.

The Baile Glas is that part of the harbour and they used to take the fish from there to Galway.

Ach

But.

Anseo ní raibh ní raibh aon rud mar sin anseo.

Here there was, there was nothing like that here..

Na daoiní féin seilfeadh siad féin a gcuid éisc agus choinneodh d'íosfadh siad féin iad: 'Sin é an chaoi a raibh sé, ní raibh siad ag díol éisc fiú amháin bhoil fíorbheagán díol.

The people themselves would salt their own fish and keep and eat them themselves: 'That’s how it was, they weren’t even selling fish except for a very small amount.'

Sa tseanam.

In the olden times..

An raibh aon bhaint agat le polaitíocht áitiúil anseo ariamh?

Did you ever have any involvement with local politics here?

Bhoil, níor bhac mé riamh le polaitíocht agus ní maith liom polaitíocht eile.

Well, I never bothered with politics and I don't like politics either.

Bhuel

Well.

Sílim ar chaoi má théann tú le polaitíocht caithfidh tú dearmad a dhéanamh ar an áit agus caithfidh tú cuimhneamh ar pháirtí nó caithfidh tú cuimhneamh ar rud éigin eile taobh amuigh dhíot é ní bheidh tú neamhspleách.

I think that if you go into politics you have to forget about the place and you have to remember the party or you have to remember something else outside of yourself—if you don’t, you won’t be independent.