Turas Siar 256 - Seán Mhaidhcí Ó Gallchobhair as an gCorrán i bparóiste Acla: a chúlra, a shaol oibre, an mhúinteoireacht, polaitíocht. Faoi agallamh ag Seán (sloinne?).

Dearfa.

Positive..

Bhuel fuair mé bhí bhí bhí capall agus

Well I got was was was a horse and.

againn thart ar an teach nuair a bhí mé i mo ghasúr beag.

around the house when I was a little boy..

Sea

Yes.

Agus cibé

And whatever.

Ránaíocht thart a bhí orm lá amháin thug sí cic dom agus ní cuimhneach liom liom rud ar bith faoi ach gur dúradh liom go raibh mé trí seachtainí i gCaisleán an Bharraigh agus go raibh gur cuireadh ocht ngreim déag.

I was wandering around one day, she kicked me and I don't remember anything about it except that I was told I was three weeks in Castlebar and that eighteen stitches were put in...

Agus bhí tú ag imeacht.

And you were leaving..

Bhí tú bhí tú an t-ard nach maraíodh thú san áit a bhfuil sé.

You were, you were the height that you were not killed in the place where it is.

Dúradh liom dhá mbeinnse níos gaire di.

I was told if I were closer to her..

Nó níos faide amach go marófaí mé ach níl.

Or further out that I would be killed but there isn’t..

Bhoil, níor chuir sé isteach orm ariamh agus tá sé ós rud é go bhfuil an aois ag teacht orm ar bhealach, tá sé ag éirí níos níos suntasaí leis na blianta anuas ach ag dul siar arís ag an t-am a raibh mé ag plé le McDonald.

Well, it never bothered me and since I am getting older in a way, it has become more noticeable over the past years but going back again to the time when I was dealing with McDonald...

Hamers ag fáil isteach le wimpies agus bhí folt breá gruaige orm ag an am.

Hamers getting in with wimpies and I had a fine head of hair at the time..

Caithfidh sé gur bhreathnaigh sé chomh géar sin orm gur chuir sé ceist orm faoin marc sin agus ní raibh sé chomh soiléir chomh soiléir an am sin agus atá sé faoi láthair agus ba in rud a sheas amach agus chuaigh mé isteach ag iarraidh an start bliain ina dhiaidh sin agus thabharfadh seisean an start abair go míle fear 'chuile mhaidin Luain.

He must have looked at me so sharply that he asked me about that mark and it wasn’t as clear then as it is now and that was something that stood out and I went in to try for the start the following year and he would give the start, say, to a thousand men every Monday morning..

Sea

Yes.

Agus luaigh sé m'ainm liom an an an bhliain dár gcionn.

And he mentioned my name to me the following year.