Turas Siar 305 - Agallamh suimiúil a rinne Caitlín Nic Conghóile leis an Dochtúir Séamus Ó Catháin, a chaith blianta fada ag bailiú béaloidis i gceantar Dhún Chaocháin.

'Sea, cailleann tú é, 'Sea.

Yes, you lose it, yes..

Ach an t-aos óg anois.

But the young people now..

Ní labhraíonn siad mórán Gaeilge is dóigh ach tuigeann siad í agus

They don't speak much Irish, I suppose, but they understand it.

An méid Gaeilge atá acu 'sí Gaeilge na háite seo atá acu.

The amount of Irish they have is the Irish of this place that they have.

Ach níl an foclóir acu a bhí ag an airgead seo.

But they don't have the vocabulary that this money had..

Mór an trua é sin ach 'Sin mar atá an saol.

That's a great pity but that's how life is.

Le athrú a bheith tagtha ar an nGaeilge ó thosaigh Séamas Ó Catháin ag teacht go Maigh Eo.

For a change to have come over the Irish language since Séamas Ó Catháin began coming to Mayo...

Tá athrú tagtha ar an eacnamaíocht freisin.

There has been a change in the economy as well.

Nuair a bhí mise ag tíocht anseo bhí an iascaireacht ag dul an-mhaith.

When I was coming here the fishing was going very well.

Is bhí go leor daoine san áit seo a raibh an

There were many people in this place who had the.

Lán airgid acu.

They have plenty of money.

Bhí siad ar na ar na bradáin.

They were after the salmon.

Bhí i bhfad níos mó airgid acu ná mar a bhí agamsa, mar ní raibh agamsa is cuimhneach liom go maith.

They had far more money than I had, for I had none as far as I remember well.

Nuair a tháinig mé anseo i dtús ama bhí luach dhá phionta nó thrí phionta sa lá agam.

When I first came here I had the value of two or three pints a day.

'Sin é an buiséad 'Sin é an buiséad a bhí agam agus bhí daoiní eile a d'fhéadfadh siad an pub a cheannacht.

That is the budget. That is the budget I had and there were other people who could buy the pub.