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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'Sin b'fhéidir uair sa mbliain.
That might be once a year..
Insa tsamhradh is minic a thug mé cuairt isteach níor thug mé aon chuairt isteach anois anuraidh.
In the summer I often paid a visit in, I did not pay any visit in last year.
Ach is minic a fuair mé isteach sa tsamhradh.
But often I got into the summer..
ina seasamh i gcónaí ar na hoileáin an bhfuil do theach féin anois abair isteach ansin tá siad imithe an bhfuil?
always standing on the islands do you have your own house now say in there they are gone are they?
Bhain siad an gin de na tife, an dtuigeann tú, nuair a d'fhág siad an chuid is mó acu agus thug siad leo an t-adhmad agus an galvan a bhí orthu, ach d'fhág cúpla duine na tife ina seasamh.
They removed the engine from the sheds, you understand, when they left most of them and took away the timber and the galvanised iron that was on them, but a few people left the sheds standing.
Tá trí nó ceithre tithe, sílim.
There are three or four houses, I think...
A bhfuil deis coinnithe uirthi ach tá na tithe eile ar fad tite agus níl fágtha ach na ballaí.
Which has been preserved but all the other houses have fallen and only the walls are left.
Agus an libhse na háiteacha sin i gcónaí óh is linn tá teideal agaibhse air óh tá tá teideal tá teideal ag muintir an oileáin i gcónaí ar an talamh ar an oileán. Is leo an t-oileán i gcónaí.
And do you still have those places, oh, they are ours, you have title to them, oh yes, yes, there is title, the people of the island still have title to the land on the island. The island is still theirs.
Teideal a dtug sé air ó tá teideal.
A title he gave it because it has a title.
breathnú siar an rud maith a bhí ann na hoileáin a fhágáil meastú nó
to look back, it was a good thing to leave the islands, perhaps.