Turas Siar 255 - Pádraig Ó Maolfhábhaill (R.I.P.) as Inis Gé faoi agallamh ag Seán Ó hÉalaí (R.I.P.) don tsraith “Sé Do Bheatha”.
© RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.
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Pádraig Ó Maolfhábhaill is identified in the title as being from Inis Gé, which is in the Erris region. His age group is inferred from his long teaching career and the historical context.
Seán Ó hÉalaí is the interviewer, and his association with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta suggests he is a native speaker.
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Bhí dhá scoil náisiúnta, bhí scoil náisiúnta ar 'chaon oileán acu.
There were two national schools, there was a national school on each of their islands.
Anois cén sórt tithe a bhí agaibh ar na hoileáin?
Now what kind of houses did you have on the islands?
Le mo linnsa teifigh a rinne Congesta dóibh.
In my time, refugees who made Congesta for them..
I dtús an chéid seo rinne rinneadh an talamh agus thóg siad tife tife cloch.
At the beginning of this century the land was made and they built a stone house.
Ní raibh sclátaí ar bith orthu.
They had no slates at all.
Ní raibh ar an mbaile ach timpeall dhá theach a raibh ceann scláta orainn.
There were only about two houses in the village, one of which had a slate roof.
Agus an raibh cuid mhór tithe ar an ar na hoileáin an mbeadh mar sin bhí timpeall cúitimh fichead ar an oileán s'againne agus an méid céanna ar an oileán eile?
And were there many houses on the islands, would it be that way, there were about twenty-five on our island and the same amount on the other island?
Agus cén chaoi ar tharla sé ansin gur shocraigh 'chuile dhuine ón dá oileán na hoileáin a thréigean agus agus a theacht isteach ar an mórthír?
And how did it happen then that everyone from both islands decided to abandon the islands and come onto the mainland?
An cuimhneach leat an an chaint a bhí roimh ré faoin
Do you remember the talk that was earlier about it?