Turas Siar 250 - Tá dhá phíosa sa mír seo: 1) Agallamh a rinne Seán Ó hÉalaí le Pádraig Ó Maolfhábhaill, máistir scoile as Inis Gé a chaith blianta fada ag múineadh scoile i Seanachaidh, 2) Cuairt a thug Ó hÉalaí agus dream de mhuintir na háite ar Inis...

Ina mbáid féin cén áit?

In their own boat where?

Chuiridís go hAcaill.

They would send to Achill.

Agus go

And go.

Baile chruaidh.

A hard home..

Agus go go dtí an Aird Mhóir.

And until the Great Height..

Agus fiú amháin anuas anseo go dtí sraith agus anuas anseo go Maigh Rathain 'sin turas millteanach fada.

And even down here to Sraith and down here to Maigh Rathain, that's a terribly long journey.

Ba ba ba fhada an doras é i mbád beag seoil.

It was a very long door in a small sailing boat.

Bád seoil a bhíodh acu báide go deimhin.

A sailing boat they used to have, boats indeed..

Seoil a bhí.

Off it was..

Ba in é an ba in é an tseanró ba mhó a bhíodh orthu.

That was the oldest genre most associated with them.

Ag dul chomh fada sin le móin a thabhairt abhaile.

Going as far as that to bring home turf..

Breathnaigh!

Look!

siar an rud maith a bhí ann na hoileáin a fhágáil meas tú nó

Was it a good thing to leave the islands, do you think, or not?

Ar cheart?

Is it right?

Do na daoine fanacht ann.

For the people to stay there..