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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De bharr brusta ní raibh.
Because of haste, there was not...
Dul siar in aghaidh in aghaidh aniar.
Going back against, against the west..
Is iomaí drochlá a d'fhág sé.
He left many bad days.
Bláthú i naoi déag fiche seacht.
Blooming in nineteen twenty-seven.
Nuair a d'imigh muintir na hoileáin amach as d'fhág siad an t-oileán fuair siad áit tír.
When the island people left, when they left the island, they found a place on the mainland.
Ach cuimhnímse i gcónaí air ag an oileán.
But I always remember him at the island..
Bhfuil cuimhne agat ar an lá ar tharla an báthadh?
Do you remember the day the drowning happened?
Bhí mé cheithre bliana déag, sílim.
I was fourteen years old, I think..
Ná dhá bhliain now dhá dhá bhliain déag.
Not two years nor twelve years..