Turas Siar 381 - Pádraic S. Ó Murchú as an gCartúr ag caint le Máirtín Tom Sheáinín, RnaG: Na bailte áitiúla, a shaol féin, ceird na seibhnéireachta (=siúinéireachta) srl.

Nuair a an méid scéalta a chluinfeas tú, an bhfuil a fhios agat?

When you hear the amount of stories, do you know?

Cé gur

Although.

tú ag obair mar

you working as.

Tá go leor acu thall le dhul bhoil tá go leor

There are many of them over there to go because there are many.

Bhoil, tá go leor acu thall agus is doiligh a dhul thríotu uilig ach mar a déarfá.

Well, there are a lot of them over there and it’s hard to get through them all but as you’d say...

'Siad na conraitheoirí beaga a bhí ag fanacht an uair sin, mar a déarfá, mura dtugann siad na subies orthu.

They were the small contractors who were waiting at that time, as you’d say, unless they get the subies for themselves..

'Sin iad is mó.

Those are the biggest..

Agus nuair a bhí siad sin i mar a chéile

And when they were like that.

ar

on

Ag iarraidh oibriú

Trying to work.

Agus is beag a bhí cuid cuid acu go deimhin a

And indeed, some of them had very little.

Ag an am

At the time.

Agus obair chrua leis an raibh?

And hard work with that, was there?

Bhuail obair chrua leis.

Hard work struck him.

Obair chrua Cén taobh anseo ina raibh tú Cén?

Hard work Which side here were you Which?.