Turas Siar 299 - Seán Ó Raghallaigh as Oiligh: Dán (dá chuid féin?). Ón mbliain 1963.
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The speaker's name is given in the title as 'Seán Ó Raghallaigh as Oiligh'. The recording is from 1963, suggesting the speaker is likely elderly. The association with Oiligh suggests the Erris dialect region.
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Agus céad muna bhéarfainn gurb é dheireadh an tsaoil a bhí againn.
And even if I were to say that it was the end of the world that we had...
Ar fhearthaí seasmaoinigh lenar saothrú ón bpacú.
On standing racks with which the packing was done...
Ag agóid na namh uilig le cré agus le paidir.
Protesting all the enemies with clay and with prayer.
Mar bhí na tuiltí ag méadú.
Because the floods were increasing...
i riocht céad fear i bhfoscadh,
in the form of a first man in shelter,.
Nár chuaigh sin ar thaobh sléibhe?
Didn't that go on the side of a mountain?
Is gan ar aon taobh é nach
And it is not on any side.
Luais muid le fánaí insan áras a bhí in aice go teach Mhuineacháin é a bhí go hard ar an mbaile.
We sped downhill in the building that was beside Monaghan’s house, which was up high in the town.
Bhí romhainn ann céad fáilte.
There was a hundred thousand welcomes before us there.
Agus scáth againn ón bhfearthainn.
And shelter for us from the rain..
Agus flaitheas na ngrásta.
And the kingdom of graces...
gur bhásaigh siad mar gheall air.
that they died because of it..
Níor loingigh an státa bád ná caite ná snáthadh ar na bánta le mhéad sa toil é.
The state did not launch a boat nor a basket nor a spindle on the fields, no matter how much it was desired.
An beag a raibh sé ina thrá bheadh scéal cráite sa domhan.
If little was his ebb, there would be a tormented story in the world..
Bheadh na céadta fear báite i mbarr shábháil san a bhaint.
Hundreds of men would be drowned in the height of saving the harvest.