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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do na daoiní ag fanacht ann.
for the people waiting there..
Is deacair a rá déarfadh déarfadh chuile dhuine acu leat.
It's hard to say, each one of them would tell you...
Gurbh aoibhinn dóibh an lá a d'fhág siad é.
How happy they were the day they left it.
Is beag duine a déarfadh mo léan nár fhan mé ar an oileán agus ní thiocfadh ní thiocfadh le duine amháin fanacht ar oileán nó beirt níor mhór duit cúnamh nuair a bheas.
Few people would say, alas, that I did not stay on the island, and one person alone could not stay on an island, nor two; you would need help when...
Daoine istigh ar oileán, ní mór duit cúnamh a fháil.
People inside on the island, you must get help.
Cén fhaid ó d'éirigh atá sa múinteoireacht, a Phádraic? Cén fhaid a phinsean thú anois ó d'éirigh mé as an múinteoireacht ocht mbliana ó shin?
How long have you been retired from teaching, Pádraic? How long have you been on a pension now since I retired from teaching eight years ago?
Agus tá tú sona sásta bail ó Dhia ort féin agus do bhean anseo an dtuigeann do chlann ar ais an mbíonn á tuigeann siad.
And you are happy, God bless you yourself and your wife here, do your family understand when they are back, do they understand..
ais cúpla uair sa mbliain bíonn siad sa mbaile faoi Nollaig is
once or twice a year they are at home at Christmas and.
Faoi Cháisc deireadh seachtaine is arís tagann cúpla duine acu, go mór mhór an dream acu atá anseo i mBaile Átha Cliath in Éirinn.
At Easter weekend a few of them come again, especially those of them who are here in Dublin in Ireland.
Ach ní fhanfadh siad anseo.
But they would not stay here..
Bhoil, ní fhanfaidh siad anseo mar níl aon rud anseo le le déanamh acu céard atá i ndán don áit mar sin.
Well, they won't stay here because there's nothing here for them to do, so what is in store for the place then...