Turas Siar 355 - Caitlín agus Micheál Ó Seighin as Ceathrú Thaidhg ag caint le Ciarán Ó Fátharta ar Raidió na Gaeltachta: Cúinsí sóisialta agus eacnamaíochta sa gceantar, amhránaíocht agus stair amhráin an cheantair.

Ó thaobh páistí dhó tá an scoil tite anois ó

As for children, the school has now fallen, oh.

I scoil triúr.

At school, three people.

Go dtí scoil beirte.

To a two-teacher school..

Óh 'sea agus

Oh yes indeed.

Tá go leor tithe, tá oiread tithe ann anois is a bhí ariamh ach níl ach beirt nó triúr abair sin i chuile chlann.

There are plenty of houses, there are as many houses now as there ever were but there are only two or three, say, in every family.

Agus, ar ndóigh, tá na daoiní óga ag imeacht agus tá siad imithe.

And, of course, the young people are leaving and they are gone.

Agus cén sórt fostaíocht atá ann, an bhfuil aon fhostaíocht abair?

And what kind of employment is there, is there any employment at all?

Bhuel níl dá bhrí sin tá

Well, there is not therefore.

Factory beag ansin agus dúnadh anuraidh é.

A small factory there and it was closed last year.

Ach d'osclaíodh síos ansin i ndiaidh na Nollag agus tá cúigear nó sheisear ag obair ann.

But it opened down there after Christmas and there are five or six people working there.

Taobh amuigh dhó sin agus tá iascaireacht acu go fóill, an t-iascaireacht, an t-iascaireacht, crúbógaí agus gliomaigh agus na bradáin anois an tráth seo bhliain.

Apart from that, and they still have fishing, the fishing, the fishing, crabs and lobsters and the salmon now at this time of year.

An t-iascaireacht

The fishing.

'Sea, 'Sea, céard a dhéananns tú féin?

Yes, yes, what do you do yourself?

Tá mé ag múineadh scoile.

I am teaching school.

dtaitníonn sé leat?

Do you like it?