Turas Siar 363 - Jack Pheait Mhártan Breathnach (R.I.P.) as Inis Gé ó dhúchas. Bhí Jack ina chónaí in Acaill le blianta fada. Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG, a rinne an t-agallamh seo.
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The title mentions Jack as the speaker, and he is described as being within two years of eighty-five. He lived in Achill for many years.
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Tinn nó gortaithe nó rud ar bith chaithfeadh sé a dhul amach sa bád ansin.
Sick or injured or anything at all he would have to go out in the boat then.
gortaithe nó rud ar bith gortaithe
injured or anything injured.
Ní raibh aon bhád eile sin ann.
There was no other boat there.
Agus agus leis na comharthaí seo an ABC, sé an chaoi a raibh tú ag litriú.
And and with these signs the ABC, that’s how you were spelling..
Agus bhí an fear amuigh dhá léamh agus ag litriú ar ais agus ar i mBéarla a bhídís.
And the man was outside reading it and spelling it back and forth in English, as they used to do.
Bhuel, i mBéarla, a chaithfear é a dhéanamh.
Well, it has to be done in English.
Ach gheofá gheobhfá leabhar
But you would get a book.
Chun chun a fhoghlaim chun Safe insence the sumbury stric.
To learn to Safe insence the sumbury stric..
'Sin é an fáth a dtéadh siad 'chuile lá agus labhairt lena chéile.
That is why they used to go every day and talk to each other.