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.
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Pádraic Ó Murchú is identified in the title as being from Cartúr, Erris, and is described as a storyteller and carpenter, suggesting an older age.
Máirtín Tom Sheáinín is mentioned as the interviewer, likely a native speaker given the context of the program.
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Clocha anois agus carraigeacha ann.
Stones now and rocks there..
Agus is doiligh talamh maith a dhéanamh dó ach thart anseo anois.
And it is hard to make good land for him but around here now...
Gabháltaisí beaga abair seacht n-acra go dtí ceithre n-acra dhéag.
Small holdings, say seven acres to fourteen acres.
Céard a choinníonns na na feilméaraí beaga atá ann?
What keeps the small farmers that are there?
Beithígh nó caoirigh nó bhoil anuas go deiridh ní choinníodh siad tada ach.
Cattle or sheep or cows down to the end they would keep nothing but...
Bhfuil 'fhios a'd go bhfuil ainmhithe beag tagtha gar go maith anseo anois?
Do you know that small animals have come quite close here now?
Tá, an créatúr, tá sé sí anseo go minic. Tá sé sínteoir go minic. Bhoil, 'sén comhluadar amháin atá sé ag iarraidh a dhul suas ar mo ghualainn anois. Tugann sé an-aire dhuit an dtugann? Tugann an bhfuil ainm ar an gcat agat?
Yes, the creature, yes, she is here often. She is a stretcher often. Well, she’s the only company that wants to go up on my shoulder now. She pays a lot of attention to you, doesn’t she? Does she? Do you have a name for the cat?