Turas Siar 313 - Mary John Tom Bhreatnach as Glais ag cur síos ar thaispeántas ealaíne a chonaic sí in Áras Inis Gluaire, Béal an Mhuirthead.
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Identified in the title as the speaker from Glais, Erris region. The use of traditional naming conventions and familiarity with local events suggest an elderly native speaker.
Interacts with Mary John Tom in the transcript, suggesting familiarity with the Erris dialect.
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Agus go raibh sé ag faire suas ar na mainistreachaí
And that he was keeping watch at the monasteries
Mar a deir siad, bhí an ghrian ag dul síos, b'fhéidir, ar an ghob Dan.
As they say, the sun was going down, perhaps, on Dan’s beak..
B'fhéidir nach raibh aon ró-ard nuair a rinne sé.
Maybe it wasn't too loud when he did it..
Thug sé le n-insint dhomsa a bhfuil aithne agam ar an oileán.
He told me, who knows the island.
Gur inrú ard a bhí ann.
It was a great/high intrusion.
Go raibh an phéinteáil déanta aige.
That he had the painting done.
Chonaic mé mo mo intinn féin anois é.
I saw it with my own mind now.
'Sea, ní ag breathnú ar an bpictiúr a bhí tú níos mó, ach amuigh san áit a raibh seisean ag breathnú air.
Yes, you were no longer looking at the picture but outside in the place where he was looking at it.
Agus sin é an chaoi a bhfaca mise go raibh Syrle gurb in é an chaoi a raibh sé.
And that is how I saw that Syrle, that that was the way it was.