Turas Siar 367 - Donncha Ó Gallchobhair (R.I.P.) as an gCorrán i bparóiste Acla faoi agallamh ag Seán Ó Tuairisc, RnaG.

Chuaigh mé chun tosaigh agus d'éirigh liom suíochán a bhaint amach ar an Chomhairle Contae.

I went forward and I managed to secure a seat on the County Council.

hIarradh orm ansin a bheith.

I was then asked to be...

Seasamh '60 9 Níor éirigh liom naoi déag seasca naoi.

Standing '60 9 I did not succeed nineteen sixty-nine..

Ach d'éirigh liom i naoi déag seachtó trí agus caill Micheál Ó Móráin agus Joe Lenaghan.

But I succeeded in 1973 and lost Micheál Ó Móráin and Joe Lenaghan.

an dá shuíochán a bhí acu d'Fhianna Fáil agus

the two seats they had for Fianna Fáil and.

Toghadh Henry Kenny, Michael Stanton agus mé féin anseo sa dáilcheantar seo agus i naoi déag seachtó seacht ansin toghadh Pádraic Flynn i mo chuideachta.

Henry Kenny, Michael Stanton and myself were elected here in this constituency and in nineteen seventy-seven then Pádraic Flynn was elected with me.

Agus chaill muid stran an suíochán a bhí aige agus bhí an leagan amach sin ar chontae.

And we lost the seat he had and that arrangement was in place for the county...

Bhí an dá shuíochán anseo againne, bhí an dá shuíochán ar an taobh eile den chontae agus bhí muid ar cheann de na toirn ceantair ba mhó a raibh tacaíocht ag Fianna Fáil iontu, bhí muid thart ar caoga cúig caoga sé faoin gcéad.

We had the two seats here, the two seats were on the other side of the county and we were one of the biggest local areas where Fianna Fáil had support, we were around fifty-five, fifty-six percent.

féiltiúil, mar a déarfá, ins na toghcháin ag an am sin.

festive, as you might say, in the elections at that time..

Bhí tú i do Theachta Dála, bhí tú i do chomhairleoir contae, bhí tú i d'aire stáit agus bhí tú i d'aire rialtais.

You were a Teachta Dála, you were a county councillor, you were a minister of state and you were a government minister.

Bhí

Was.

Faoi Charlie Haughey

About Charlie Haughey.

Bhoil, bhí mé thall i Jack Lynch mé mar mar

Well, I was over at Jack Lynch, me, yeah.

Aire na Gaeltachta. Seachtó seacht.

Minister for the Gaeltacht. Seventy-seven.

Agus ansin nuair a tháinig thug mé tacaíocht do George Colly agus chaill mé mar a déarfá an tAire i ngeall air sin tóg Máire Geoghan ach ina dhiaidh sin bhí bhí mé i mo Aire Stáit le Charlie Haughey nuair a bhí sé ina Aire Gaeltachta agus

And then when I came, I supported George Colley and I lost, as you might say, the Minister because of that—take Máire Geoghan—but after that I was a Minister of State with Charlie Haughey when he was Minister for the Gaeltacht and.