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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Ní cén áit a raibh tú féin ag múineadh?
It's not where you yourself were teaching?
Agus cén sórt scoil, cén sórt saol a bhí agat ansin, a Phádraic?
And what kind of school, what kind of life did you have there, Pádraic?
Ach rinne thóg siad scoil úr anseo ansin i lár na lár na seascaidí.
But they built a new school here then in the middle of the sixties.
Agus tá scoil trí oide anois ann, scoil úr, chonaic muid dúnadh an seanscoil.
And there is a three-teacher school there now, a new school, we saw the old school close.
Agus tháinig muid aníos go dtí an scoil úr ansin.
And we came up to the new school then..
Tá seanchaí, ar ndóigh, taobh istigh de Bhéal an Mhuirthead ar leithinis an an Mhuirthead nó an Mhuiread céard a ghlaonn sibh air thart anseo bhoil?
There is a storyteller, of course, inside Belmullet on the Mullet peninsula or the Muirhead, what do you call it around here?
Chuala mise go leor daoiní ag tabhairt Béal an Mhuirthead air.
I heard many people calling it Belmullet.
Béal an Mhuirthid nó Béal an Mhuirthid
Béal an Mhuirthid or Béal an Mhuirthid.
Tá go leor daoiní a deireanns béal an mhuirthid.
There are many people who say "Béal an Mhuirthid."