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”.

Teacht agus ag imeacht in am éigin.

Coming and going at some time..

Chaithfidís sin a dhéanamh nuair a bhíodh an aimsir mhaith.

They would have to do that when the weather was good.

I ndeireadh an tsamhraidh nó i dtús an fhómhair.

At the end of the summer or at the beginning of the autumn..

Chaithidís uair an-mhaith leis an móin a thabhairt abhaile.

They used to spend a very good time bringing the turf home.

Anois shocraigh siad.

Now they decided..

Uilig le chéile.

All together..

An dá oileán a thréigean ar shocraithe nó ar shocraithe nó ar tháinig siad amach uilig le chéile.

To abandon the two islands by agreement or by agreement or did they all come out together...

Bhoil, thóg siad timpeall cúig nó sé de bhlianta uirthi.

Well, it took her about five or six years.

Óh thosaigh siad ag teacht amach ó thosaigh d'fhág an chéad duine go

Oh, they started coming out since the first person left.

rá den duine deiridh é.

it is said of the last person

An raibh daoiní ann ná

Were there people there or not?

Theastaigh uathu.

They wanted...

a theacht amach.

its coming out..

Bhoil, níl a fhios agam, bhí siad liom, bhí siad sásta go maith an t-oileán a fhágáil, is beag duine nach raibh sásta an t-oileán a fhágáil, sílim, ach deir tú gurb é an báthadh ba mhó é.

Well, I don't know, they were with me, they were quite happy to leave the island, few people weren't happy to leave the island, I think, but you say that the drowning was the biggest thing...

'Sé an báthadh ba mhó ba chiontaí leis óh 'sé go deimhin.

It was the drowning that was most to blame for him, oh indeed it was.