Turas Siar 370 - Mary John Tom Bhreatnach as Glais ag labhairt le Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG: An Béarla sa nGaeltacht, turasóirí agus comharthaí bóthair.

Rud éigin mar sin níl fhios agam céard é féin, sin é an cheist a bhí agamsa anois.

Something like that, I don't know what it is myself, that's the question I have now..

Dairigh mé Enda ag caint ansin faoi an geata mór agus Bingstown.

I heard Enda talking there about the big gate and Bingstown.

Sea anois.

Yes now..

Anois tá cead ag duine ar bith mise a cheartú a Mháirtín.

Now anyone is allowed to correct me, Máirtín.

Ach 's éard atá an Bingson an sráidbhaile.

But what the Bingson is, is the village...

'S é an an baile fearnach an geata mór.

The alder town is the big gate.

Sé atá

It is six.

Ar an Teastas Breithe

On the Birth Certificate.

atá ag an uile dhuine a rugadh in Ospidéal Bhéal an Mhuirthead.

that every person born in Belmullet Hospital has.

Le paróiste sagainne an an ospidéil níl baint

The parish priest has no connection with the hospital.

Pointe suimiúil eolais é sin anois agus tagann sé sin leis an rud a dúirt Éan Éanna Ó Cionnaith cé cé nach ar an ar an argóint chéanna a bhí sé nuair a thagann na boscaí toghcháin isteach is an geata mór thuaidh agus an geata mór theas a bhíonns orthu ní bhíonn Bings Town orthu.

That is an interesting point of information now and that matches with what Éanna Ó Cionnaith said, although he was not on the same argument, when the ballot boxes come in through the big north gate and the big south gate that they have, they are not called Bings Town.

Agus tá

And so it is.

Isteach

In.

Mo sheasamh.

My position..

Ní bhíonn, níl baint, sin ainm a tugadh air.

There isn’t, there is no connection, that’s the name that was given to it.