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”.

Le siúl go dtí an caladh.

Walking to the quay..

Bhí an bhí an gála chomh mór sin.

The wind was so strong..

Níor ligeadh tú féin amach cén aois a bhí agat féin ag an am.

You yourself did not reveal what age you were at the time.

Uilig bhí mé timpeall ocht nó naoi de bhlianta.

I was about eight or nine years old altogether.

Agus níor ligeadh amach tusa ar chor ar bith.

And you were not let out at all.

Óh ní ligfeadh níl bheadh faitíos orainn a dhul amach.

Oh, no, we wouldn't be allowed, we wouldn't be afraid to go out...

Ach chuir sé isteach, ghoill sé go mór ar ar an phobal ar dhul, an cuimhneach leat é sin?

But it upset, it greatly affected the community when it happened, do you remember that?

Ó

Oh.

Siad chaill muintir an oileáin anois.

The people of the island have lost them now.

Ansin

Then.

Ar ar báitheadh duine ar bith as do theach féin?

Was anyone from your own house drowned?

Níor báitheadh.

He was not drowned..

Níor báitheadh.

He/She/It was not drowned.

Agus an raibh tithe ann ar ar báitheadh níos mó ná duine amháin astu?

And were there houses in which more than one person was drowned?

Beirt as teach amháin.

Two from the same house.