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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Báitheadh beirt deartháir le Pat Rua.
Two brothers of Pat Rua were drowned.
agus beirt mhonarcháin, beirt deartháir eile, beirt mhonarcháin.
and two factory workers, two other brothers, two factory workers..
Fuarthas na coirp ar fad i dtír ar an tír ar an tír mhóir.
All the bodies were found ashore on the mainland.
Agus tá siad curtha ar an bhfall mór.
And they have been put on the big shelf..
Ar an oileán iad níor cuireadh sílim.
On the island they were not put, I think..
Sílim nach nach bhfuarthas corp fear amháin.
I think that the body of one man was not found.
Raibh reiligí ar na hoileáin?
Were there graveyards on the islands?
Bhí bhí reilig ar oileán ar an oileán s'againne reilig amháin.
There was a graveyard on an island, on our island only one graveyard.
Ach is ar an tír mhóir a tháinig na coirp i dtír.
But it was on the mainland that the bodies came ashore.
Agus cuireadh iad insan reilig ar an bhFál Mór.
And they were buried in the cemetery at Fál Mór.
Ar an oileán a chuirfí iad, a Phaddy.
On the island they would be put, Paddy.