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.

Agus á tá tá an iascaireacht an iascaireacht sin imithe ar gcúl go mór.

And yes, yes, that fishing, that fishing has really gone by the wayside..

Ar ndóigh mar tá

Of course, because it is.

Bhoil, tá cuid acu ag déanamh réasúnta go fóill in amanna.

Well, some of them are still doing reasonably at times..

uirthi.

on her

Ach ansin tá cúrsaí feilméarachta anseo, ní feilméaracht mhór a bhí ann in am ar bith ach tá sé sin imithe ar gcúl chomh maith.

But then there is farming here, it was never big farming at any time but that has gone by the wayside as well.

Cuid mhaith agus

A good bit and.

Níl an pobal ann a bhí ann.

The community that was there is no longer there.

Níl oiread daoiní ann is a bhí ann; bhí i bhfad níos mó daoiní ann roimhe seo, dar liomsa, féachaint siar.

There aren’t as many people as there used to be; there were far more people here before, in my opinion, looking back.

Agus ar ndóigh tá saol níos fearr ag daoiní. Níl aon dabht faoi sin. Tá tithe níos fearr acu agus tá

And of course people have a better life. There is no doubt about that. They have better houses and so on.

Tá carranna acu uilig agus tá na bóithreanna, bíodh siad nach bhfuil siad ró-iontach, tá siad i bhfad níos fearr ná mar a bhí siad.

They all have cars and the roads, even though they are not too great, they are much better than they used to be.

Agus mar sin tá tá feabhas tagtha ar go leor leor rudaí.

And so, there has been an improvement in many, many things.

Ach ina dhiaidh sin is dóigh liom.

But after that I suppose..

Nach bhfuil an bhrí chéanna sa phobal seo agus a bhí deich mbliana fichead ó shin?

Does this community not have the same spirit as it had twenty years ago?

Ar an nGaeilge a bheith ag imeacht ab ea b'fhéidir?

Was it perhaps because the Irish language was disappearing?

Go cóngarach.

Nearby..