Turas Siar 367 - Donncha Ó Gallchobhair (R.I.P.) as an gCorrán i bparóiste Acla faoi agallamh ag Seán Ó Tuairisc, RnaG.
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The title identifies Donncha Ó Gallchobhair as the interviewee from Achill, and his political and community involvement suggests an older age.
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Charlie Kerrs chun báis Bhí mé ag múineadh i mBaile Átha Cliath ag an am agus ní raibh mé sásta leis an rud a rinneadh Ní hé go nglacfainn leis go raibh sé de cheart ag duine ar bith garda a mharú nó a loisceadh Níorbh in é an rud a bhí i gceist ach.
Charlie Kerrs to death I was teaching in Dublin at the time and I was not happy with what was done It’s not that I would accept that anyone had the right to kill or burn a guard That was not what was meant but...
bhféadfá a mhíniú cérbh é Charlie Kerrins do na daoine nach cuimhin leo é agus nach bhfuil céard a tharla
Could you explain who Charlie Kerrins was for the people who don't remember him and don't know what happened?
Céard a tharla bas Trá Lí é agus
What happened was Tralee and.
Bhí baint aige leis an Ira ag an am agus
He was involved with the IRA at the time and.
Cuireadh ina leaid gur mharaigh sé.
He was accused of having killed...
Garda agus tugadh na cúirte é agus ba ba é Seán McBride a bhí dhá chosaint.
A Garda and he was brought to court and it was Seán McBride who was defending him.
Agus tháinig sé saor níor éirigh leo a chruthú gurb é a bhí é.
And he was acquitted; they failed to prove that it was him.
Ach bhí rud ar a dtugann siad milis rebun anseo ag an am agus
But there was something they call sweet rebun here at the time and.
Nuair a tháinig sé amach as an chúirt
When he came out of the court.
Gabhadh arís é agus tugadh os comhair an údar seo beo agus cuireadh pionóis an bháis air agus tugadh Perping anall ó Shasana lena chrochadh.
He was arrested again and brought before this living authority and sentenced to death, and Perping was brought over from England to hang him.
Níor mise sásta go raibh sé ag fáil a cheart, mar a déarfá, ó tharla gur
I was not satisfied that he was getting his due, as you might say, since.
Na comharsana ag an am.
The neighbours at the time..
Nár nár cuireadh nár nár éirigh leo, mar a déarfá, a chruthú.
That they were not, that they did not succeed, as you might say, in creating..