Turas Siar 350 - Caitlín: Cluiche peile is fearr a fhacas ariamh.

ANOIS

NOW.

Chuir mé an cheist chéanna ar mo dheartháir Séamas Ó Murchú agus d'inis Séamas dom gurb é an cluiche ceannais na hÉireann 2016 a bhí ann idir Maigh Eo agus Baile Átha Cliath, an cluiche peile is fearr a bhfaca sé riamh. Dúirt sé go raibh sé dochreidte a bheith ann agus gur imir foireann Mhaigh Eo go hiontach agus d'fhág siad chuile rud ar an pháirc an lá sin. Ach faraor bhí an bua sa deireadh thall ag Baile Átha Cliath. Dhá ní go Baile Átha Cliath cúig cúig déag cúilín go Maigh Eo ach dúirt sé go raibh sé dochreidte a bheith ann agus an t-imreoir is fearr a bhí ann dar leis. Bhuel séard a dúirt Séamas liom go bhfuil an t-ádh linn ceapaim mar is Maigh Eo muid agus le na blianta anuas tá a lán imreoirí iontach feicthe againn mar sin tá sé fíor-dheacair dúirt sé imreoir amháin a phiocadh amach. Tá triúr

I asked my brother Séamas Ó Murchú the same question and Séamas told me that it was the 2016 All-Ireland final between Mayo and Dublin, the best football match he has ever seen. He said it was incredible to be there and that the Mayo team played brilliantly and left everything on the pitch that day. But unfortunately, Dublin won in the end. Dublin had two goals and fifteen points to Mayo, but he said it was incredible to be there and that the best player was there in his opinion. Well, what Séamas told me is that we are lucky, I think, because we are from Mayo and over the years we have seen a lot of great players, so he said it is really hard to pick out just one player. There are three.

Piocadh amach aige a sheasann amach i gcónaí domhsa.

Picked out by him that always stands out for me..

Sin

That.

Willie Joe, Paddy Kieran McDonald agus Kate Higgins.

Willie Joe, Paddy Kieran McDonald and Kate Higgins.

Ach é sin ráite, tá pictiúr iontach crochta i mo theach sa halla. Tógadh é i naoi déag ochtó cúig i rith cluiche leathcheannais na hÉireann. Is pictiúr iontach é a thaispeánann fáil an lámh in uachtar ar imreoir Baile Átha Cliath Brian Mullins. Go raibh míle maith agat.

But that being said, there is a wonderful picture hanging in my house in the hall. It was taken in nineteen eighty-five during the All-Ireland semi-final. It is a wonderful picture that shows the gaining of the upper hand over Dublin player Brian Mullins. Thank you very much.

Anois chuir mé an cheist ar mac Séamas Fionnán Ó Murchú agus d'inis Fionnán dom gurb é an cluiche 2019 nuair a bhí Maigh Eo ag imirt i gcoinne Ciarraí sa sraith sa sraith bhí an cluiche ann agus an scór a bhí ann ná trí aon dhéag i Maigh Eo agus dó déag go Ciarraí agus cheap Fionnán gur cluiche dochreidte a bhí ann chomh maith agus

Now I asked the question to Séamas's son, Fionnán Ó Murchú, and Fionnán told me that it was the 2019 game when Mayo were playing against Kerry in the league, the game was on and the score was thirteen for Mayo and twelve for Kerry, and Fionnán thought it was an incredible game as well.

Chuir mé an cheist air cén t-imreoir is fearr a bhfaca sé riamh agus phioc Fionnán Cillian O'Connor agus mar a dúirt mé leis caithfidh mé aontú leis mar ní rud láidir é agus neamheaglach agus

I asked him who is the best player he has ever seen and Fionnán picked Cillian O'Connor and as I said to him I have to agree with him because he is not only strong but also fearless.

Cuireann sé cuireann sé a chroí i gcónaí i chuile i chuile chluiche anois. Iníon leis James Caitlín Ní Mha chuir mé ceist uirthi cén cluiche is fearr a bhfaca sí riamh agus dúirt Caitlín liom gurb é Cluiche Ceannais Iománaíochta na hÉireann i 2017 an cluiche is fearr a bhfaca sí riamh.

He always puts his heart into every game now. James’s daughter, Caitlín Ní Mha, I asked her what was the best game she ever saw and Caitlín told me that the All-Ireland Hurling Final in 2017 was the best game she ever saw.

Bhí Gaillimh ag imirt i gcoinne Loch Garman agus bhuaigh Gaillimh an cluiche agus an scór deiridh a bhí ann ná Gaillimh, fiche sé cúilín Loch Garman, dhá chúl agus seacht déag cúilín agus fuair Joe Canning imreoir na bliana an bhliain sin chomh maith.

Galway were playing against Wexford and Galway won the match and the final score was Galway, twenty-six points, Wexford, two goals and seventeen points, and Joe Canning got player of the year that year as well.

Agus cén t-imreoir a phioc sí ná phioc Caitlín Pádraic Mannion Mannion mar an t-imreoir is fearr a bhfaca sí riamh, creideann sí gurb iománaí iontach é agus imríonn sé leis an chlub a theasghrá fothana an club céanna, tá Caitlín ina bhall de.

And which player did she pick but Caitlín picked Pádraic Mannion as the best player she has ever seen, she believes he is a wonderful hurler and he plays with the club she dearly loves, the same club that Caitlín is a member of.

Agus d'imir Pádraic an chéad chluiche ar fhoireann sinsir iománaíochta na Gaillimhe 2015 agus is iomaí cluiche iontach a d'imir sé ó shin. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.

And Pádraic played his first game on the Galway senior hurling team in 2015 and he has played many great games since then. Thank you very much.

ANOIS

NOW.

Chuir mé an cheist céanna orm a deir, a fuair

I asked myself the same question he says, he got.

Mar b'shin é an áit a dtéann foireann Baile Átha Cliath i gcónaí roimh tús na cluichí agus ní raibh le feiceáil ach geansaí glas agus dearg measctha le geansaí gorm agus bhí sé dochreidte dúirt sí breathnú air agus is is cuimhin liom féin a bheith ag breathnú ar an teilifís bhí sé dochreidte agus bhí muid uilig aontaím leo ag tnúth le cluiche maith.

Because that's the place where the Dublin team always goes before the start of the games and there was nothing to be seen but green and red jerseys mixed with blue jerseys and it was incredible, she said, to look at it, and I remember myself watching on the television, it was incredible and we were all, I agree with them, looking forward to a good game.