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.

Tuigfidh sé an rud atá daoiní a rá agus tiocfaidh 'Sin an cinneadh an chéad uair ach

He will understand what people are saying and 'That is the decision will come the first time but.

Bhí buntáiste iontach agamsa sa mhéid is go raibh go leor leaganacha agus focla Gaeilge thríd an mBéarla againn.

I had a great advantage in that we had many versions and Irish words throughout the English.

Ní raibh a fhios againn gur Gaeilge a bhí iontu, an dtuigeann tú.

We didn't know that it was Irish they were speaking, do you understand..

uainn.

from us..

Agus bhí na fuaimeanna againn.

And we had the sounds..

Bhí na fuaimeanna cearta againn sa Bhéarla, ní fuaimeanna cearta Béarla fuaimeanna cearta Gaeilge a bhí againn.

We had the correct sounds in English, not correct English sounds; we had correct Irish sounds.

Mar atá thart anseo ag Béarlóirí, tá na fuaimeanna cearta acu le haghaidh Gaeilge.

As it is around here with English speakers, they have the right sounds for Irish.

Iad sin nach bhfuil Gaeilge acu agus tá cuid mhaith focla Gaeilge acu agus cuid mhaith leaganacha Gaeilge acu.

Those who do not have Irish and have a good number of Irish words and a good number of Irish phrases.

So bhí bhí sé ní raibh ionann

So it was, it was not the same.

Níorbh ionann an cás domhsa agus abair do dhuine éigin ó thír éigin eile nach raibh aon nó áit aig, b'fhéidir, ó Bhaile Átha Cliath nó ó Bhéal Feirste.

My case was not the same as, say, for someone from another country who maybe had no place, perhaps, from Dublin or from Belfast.

Thart air.

Around him..

Bhí sé thart bíodh is nach raibh sí againn agus is cuimhneach liom an chéad.

It was over even though we didn't have it and I remember the first...

Chéad uair a bhí mé sa scoil chéad rang.

The first time I was in school was first class..

Insa mheánscoil bhí mé ar bís le fáil amach faoin rud seo.

In secondary school I was excited to find out about this thing..

Agus is cuimhneach liom, bhí múinteoir an-mhaith.

And I remember, there was a very good teacher..