Turas Siar 376 - Pádraic S. Ó Murchú as an gCartúr agus Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG: púnáilte, basctha, ponntáin, giobóg, "Na Trí . . . ".

Agus chuirfí isteach ann iad le haghaidh briseadh foscaidh ná rudaí mar sin ach

And they would be put in there for a shelter break or things like that but.

Chaoi a n-íochtar seantithe agus claíocha iad seo agus sean seansciobóil.

How these old houses and ditches are demolished, and old, old barns...

Sé an chaoi a gcaithfeá sé, an chaoi a gcaithfeá an áit iad, ní raibh aon mhaith iontub le haghaidh bearna a thógáil ná rud ar bith ar an gcaoi sin.

The way you would throw it, the way you would throw them in the place, they were of no use for building a gap or anything like that.

Chaithfeá a bhfuil siad ag ardú níos urláir ná

You would think they are raising more floors than that.

Sea

Yes.

Ná ag ardú aníos faoin bhun an bhalla ná go spáráil na gclocha maithe bhfuil fhios agat.

Do not be lifting up from under the wall nor sparing the good stones, do you understand..

Sea clocha punta.

Yes, pointed stones.

Clocha punta agus déarfaí déarfaí le seanteach anois a bheith leagtha fadó.

Heavy stones and it would be said, it would be said that an old house would have been knocked down long ago..

Leagadh seanteach anseo thú anois le le cúpla seachtain, go bhfóire Dia orainn, agus ba é an náire a ba riamh é.

An old house was knocked down here just a couple of weeks ago, God help us, and it was the greatest shame ever.

Seanteach a bhí an-, an-díreach.

An old house that was very, very straight..

Agus níl cloch punta dhó fágtha inniu, mar a déarfá, níl an cloch punt, níl.

And there isn’t a stone weight of it left today, as you’d say, not a stone weight, not...

Níl an cloch punt, níl an cloch punta fhéin fágtha, mar a déarfá.

The stone isn’t a pound, there isn’t even a pound stone left, as you’d say.

hAon a chlog.

One o'clock.

'Sin é an rud a d'oibríodh siad fadó nuair a bheifeá áit leagtha déarfadh siad níl cloch punta fágtha.

That is what they used to do long ago when a place was demolished, they would say there isn’t a stone weight left.

Cúpla puntaí.

A few pounds..