Turas Siar 345 - Caitlín: Gorta

Seo píosa eile den togra agus feicfidh sibh ar na dátaí thuas anseo tamall le bheith ag caint faoin Gorta.

Here is another part of the project and you will see on the dates above here some time to be talking about the Famine.

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Bhí ocht milliún duine ina gcónaí in Éirinn i rith aimsir Dónal O'Connell.

There were eight million people living in Ireland during the time of Dónal O'Connell.

Sin idir seacht déag seachtó cúig go ocht déag ceathracha seacht.

That is between seventeen seventy-five and eighteen forty-seven.

Bhí a lán dóibh sin an-bhocht ar fad.

A lot of them were very poor indeed.

Bhí a lán daoine ina gcónaí i mbothán bheaga bhí orthu.

There were a lot of people living in small huts they had to...

Cíos a íoc leis na tiarnaí talún

Pay rent to the landlords.

Bhraith a lán daoine ar an pheata mar bhí air.

A lot of people depended on the pet because he had to...

Bhí fataí á n-ithe acu i gcomhair bricfeasta, dinnéir agus super.

They were eating potatoes for breakfast, dinner, and supper.

Ní raibh mórán eile acu le roinnt lena chéile, faraor, i bhfómhar na bliana ocht déag ceathracha cúig tháinig galar.

They did not have much else to share with each other, unfortunately, in the autumn of the year eighteen forty-five a disease came...

Aisteach ar na fataí in Éirinn

Strange about the potatoes in Ireland.

Bhí na fataí lofa sa talamh.

The potatoes were rotten in the ground.

Cheap siad go mbeadh.

They thought that there would be...

Scéal níos fearr an bhliain dár gcionn.

A better story the following year..

Faraor, bhí barra na bliana ocht déag ceathracha sé níos measa, bhí na fataí ar fad millte, ba tubaiste uafásach é seo agus bhí na daoine ag fáil bás ina mhílte, bhí ocras ar fud na tíre freisin, bhí galar ag scaipeadh agus bhí boladh uafásach ag teacht san aer ó na fataí a bhí lofa, sheol rialtas na Breataine grán Indiach go hÉirinn, níor thug siad é seo, faraor, saor in aisce do na daoine, bhí air muintir na hÉireann an gráin a cheannach cé.

Unfortunately, the crop of the year eighteen forty-six was worse, all the potatoes were ruined, this was a terrible disaster and people were dying in their thousands, there was hunger all over the country as well, disease was spreading and a terrible smell was coming into the air from the rotten potatoes, the British government sent Indian corn to Ireland, they did not give this, unfortunately, free to the people, the people of Ireland had to buy the corn even though...