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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Ar ndóigh, an rud ba mheasa a déarfainn ná do thaobh féin ná ná na daoiní óga a fheiceáil ag imeacht.
Of course, the worst thing I would say for yourself is seeing the young people leaving.
Bhí siad i gcónaí ag imeacht ón taobh seo tíre, an mbíodh?
They were always leaving this side of the country, weren’t they?
Rud ar bith ní raibh aon rud eile insan áit seo.
There was nothing else at all in this place.
Agus ní raibh aon leagan amach eile ag na daoiní anseo agus creidim go dtéann sé i bhfad siar.
And the people here had no other arrangement and I believe it goes back a long way.
Agus lean an leagan amach sin.
And that arrangement continued..
Ach san am chéanna go háirithe b'fhéidir sna seachtóidí chonaic tú forbairt ar ar an taobh seo tíre chonaic tú monarchana tháinig.
But at the same time, especially maybe in the seventies, you saw development on this side of the country, you saw factories came...
Gaolta air agus go háirithe údarás na Gaeltachta ina dhiaidh sin isteach agus bhí postanna ar fáil anseo ar feadh scaitheamh.
Relatives of his and especially the Gaeltacht Authority afterwards came in and there were jobs available here for a while.
Go díreach leis an bhfírinne a rá tháinig a lán lán de na daoiní a d'imigh ins na caogaidí agus in sna seascaidí.
To tell the truth, a lot of the people who left in the fifties and in the sixties came back.