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.

Bhí

Was.

Níor níor níor thóg duine ar bith aníos ansin iad nuair a bhí na graiceannaí sin as Port an Chlóig bhí ardamhránaí ar fad a bhí iontu sin.

No, no, no one brought them up there when those singers from Port an Chlóig were there, they were all top-class singers, those ones.

agus

and.

B'fhéidir, b'fhéidir go dtiocfadh siad ar ais arís, bhoil choinníonn do cheann go leor acu beo, caithfidh mé a rá.

Maybe, maybe they would come back again, well your head keeps many of them alive, I have to say..

'Sén peaca dháiríre cé na hamhráin mhóra eile a bhaineanns leis an gceantar seo chomh maith leis an Abhainn Mhór agus barr an tsléibhe. Cé na

It's a real pity what other great songs are associated with this area as well as the Big River and the top of the mountain. Which ones.

Bhíos

I was.

Is cuimhin liom a dhul siar anois, tá sé an-fhada ó shin, bhí m'athair agus m'aint beo agus tháinig ceirníní amach an uair sin ó Ghael Linn agus áiteachaí mar sin agus thug mo cheann dhomsa iad agus bhí mé dhá sin liom sa teach.

I remember going back now, it is a very long time ago, my father and my aunt were alive and records came out then from Gael Linn and places like that and my head (parent/guardian) gave them to me and I had those with me in the house.

Agus deir siad ó 'Sin Amhrán Mhaggie Reilly

And they say from 'That's a Song by Maggie Reilly.

Sin amhrán.

That's a song..

leithéide seo agus a leithéide siúd bhí cineál duine curtha acu.

such a thing as this and such a thing as that, they had a kind of person made up..

Soiléir

Clear.

Óh 'sea bhí an t-amhrán má bhíodh muid ag casadh an amhráin sin.

Oh yes, that was the song if we used to be singing that song...

Bhí an t-amhrán

There was the song.

yeah

Yeah.

'Sea.

Yes..