Turas Siar 329 - SBB i mBéal an Mhuirthead, Lá an Logha. Labhair sé le: Paddy Phat Stephen Ó Manacháin (Inis Gé agus Glais), Pat "Rua" Ó Ruílle (Inis Gé agus Gleann Láradh), Nora Mhullane (Inis Gé agus Tóin na hOlltaí), Antaine Ó Tuachair (An Aird Mhó...

Ó déanadh an chéad lá riamh é naoi gcéad naoi gcéad tríocha trí sílim.

Since the very first day it was ever made, nine hundred nine hundred thirty-three I think...

Amach i riamh uirthi.

Out ever on her..

Amach ariamh é.

Out with it forever..

Cén chéibh í sin anois go díreach a bhfuil?

Which quay is that exactly now?

Taobh an phoirt mhóir a thuganns muid uirthi ach tóin na hUltaigh, ball mór, mar a déarfá, ba dóibhsean déanadh í ó thús an lae.

The side of the big gate we call it, but the bottom of the Ulstermen, a big part, as you might say, it was they who made it from the very beginning.

Sin tú.

That's you.

'Sin é.

That's it.

Bhoil, cén chaoi a bhfuil na gnaithí eile?

Well, how are the other things?

Féar, féar is rudaí caithfidh sibh.

Grass, grass and things you must eat..

Tá sé go dona ó tá go han-dona, tá féar lofa sna páirceanna agus tá na fataí lofa.

It is bad, oh it is very bad, there is rotten grass in the fields and the potatoes are rotten.

Agus tá an mhóin

And there is the turf.

Fáil

Welcome.

Bheirt seans agat é a thabhairt amach le curach anois agus é a thabhairt amach le tractor.

You had a chance to take it out with a currach now and to take it out with a tractor.

Sílim gur mó seans rudaí a thabhairt amach le leis an gcurach.

I think there’s a better chance of bringing things out with the currach.

An mbeidh móin, an gciallaíonn sé sin, a Phaddy, go mbeidh móin an-daor i mbliana?

Will there be turf, does that mean, Paddy, that turf will be very expensive this year?