Turas Siar 320 - Eagrán den chlár ‘Ríleanna agus Téipeanna’ á chur i láthair ag Ian Lee.

Anois tá an taobh tíre sin thart ar Ros Dumhach i nGaeltacht Mhaigh Eo go mór sa nuacht san am i láthair de thairbhe an aighnis fán phíob gáis Shell agus mar sin de.

Now that countryside around Rossport in the Mayo Gaeltacht is very much in the news at present because of the dispute about the Shell gas pipeline and so on.

Agus tá an sloinneadh corr dubh.

And the surname is odd black..

I mbéal an phobail mar chuid de chúigear Ros Dumhach agus siar sna caogaidí bhí Harriocor Dubh go mór chun tosaigh ag agóidíocht in éadan drochbhóithre an cheantair sa bhliain '50 sé agus seacht.

In the public mouth as part of the Ros Dumhach five and back in the fifties, Harriocor Dubh was very much to the fore in protesting against the bad roads of the area in the year '56 and '57.

Agus go fiú cuireadh sa phríosún é.

And he was even put in prison.

Agus creid nó ná creid, bhí ainm Harry agus an agóid ar chéad leathanach an Irish Times mí Aibreáin naoi déag caoga seacht.

And believe it or not, Harry’s name and the protest were on the front page of the Irish Times in April nineteen fifty-seven.

Sa bhliain caoga hocht, i measc na ndaoine a labhair Proinsias Ó Conaill leofa, bhí Micheál Ó Cur Dubh.

In the year fifty-eight, among the people whom Proinsias Ó Conaill spoke with, was Micheál Ó Cur Dubh.

Níl a fhios agam anois cén gaol a bhí idir é agus Harry.

I don't know now what relationship there was between him and Harry.

Bhuel, bhí seanchas ag Micheál fán cheantar Armada na Spáinne agus Clann Lir.

Well, Micheál had stories about the area of the Spanish Armada and the Children of Lir.

Ar ndóighe, bhí go leor cainte i nGaeltacht Mhaigh Eo fá Chlann Lir mar go bhfuil sé sa tseanchas gur cuireadh go hInis Glóire iad ar feadh trí chéad bliain.

Of course, there was a lot of talk in the Mayo Gaeltacht about the Children of Lir because it is in the tradition that they were sent to Inis Glóire for three hundred years.

Rinne Micheál Ó Cur Dubh

Micheál Ó Cur Dubh did (it).

Roinnt cainte fá sruf fada Con Sruf mar a thug sé air ina chanúint féin.

Some talk about a long stream, Con Sruf as he called it in his own dialect.

Mar go maítear go háitiúil gurb ansin atá clann

Because it is locally claimed that that is where the family is.

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Bhoil, tá sé ráite.

Well, it is said..