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 na na mbanrí sin.
And that he was watching those queens..
Go raibh daoine iontu, b'fhéidir, a n-intinn féin ina áit féin.
That there were people among them, perhaps, their own mind in its own place..
An lá a bhí an uile cheann acu nuair a fuair mé thart siar leis an mballa.
The day each one of them was there when I got around back by the wall..
Nuair a tháinig mé, shíl mé gurb in é an áit a rinne sé, ach chuir mé ceist ar fhear an tí.
When I arrived I thought that was the place he did it but I asked the man of the house...
Na cailleacha dubha thuas ar ar charraig mór.
The black witches up on the big rock.
Charraig, ach níl an ní ar an taobh sin den oileán atá sé.
A rock, but the thing is not on that side of the island that it is.
Soir an oileán uilig a dtugann siad carraig.
East of the whole island they call it rock..
Charraig na gCailleacha Dubha air.
The Rock of the Black Nuns on it.
Bíonn siad ag déanamh neadacha ansin.
They make nests there.
Tá sé sin ansin déanta go hálainn.
That is done beautifully there.