Turas Siar 388 - Riocard Ó Bruadair as an Mullach Rua, beannacht Dé lena anam, faoi agallamh ag Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG. Craoladh an píosa seo ar an 17ú Meán Fómhair 2004.
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Agus chaithfeá éirí go moch ar maidin an dtuigeann tú le iad a bheith briste agat agus chaithfí a bheith ag obair san oíche san oíche chomh maith ansin leo an dtuigeann tú nuair a bheadh siad ag breith.
And you would have to get up early in the morning, you understand, to have them broken for you, and you would have to be working at night as well then with them, you understand, when they would be giving birth...
Gamhnaí: 'Sea, an dtuigeann tú, 'Sea, ach míle buíochas di ansin, tá.
Calves: 'Yes, do you understand, 'Yes, but a thousand thanks to her then, yes..
Thimpeall is cúig bliana roimhe ar thug mé suas do ba.
About five years before that I gave up drink..
Fuair mé rud amuigh i mBéal an Mhuirthead.
I found something out in Belmullet.
Agus scanraigh sé mé tháinig leis na ba a bheith istigh.
And it frightened me, he managed to get the cows inside.
Taobh istigh ansin anois tháinig mé mar shuí ansin ar an gcathaoir abair a trí a chlog ar maidin ná ceathair a chlog an dtuigeann tú san oíche.
Inside there now I came as (I) sat there on the chair, say, at three o’clock in the morning or four o’clock, do you understand, at night.
Agus bhí an bosca beag leagtha anseo agus tháinig liom an bó a fheiceáil a bhí amuigh sa scioból agus chonaic liom an rud a bhí sí a dhéanamh a fheiceáil.
And the small box was placed here and I was able to see the cow that was out in the shed and I saw the thing she was doing.
Óh 'sea mar bheadh teilifís beag ann.
Oh yes, as if there were a little television there..
Seamra bheith teilifís beag, an dtuigeann tú, agus bhí an solas air istigh.
A room with a small television, you know, and the light was on inside.
Agus mo léan go deo ansin, ní raibh orm ach labhairt le mo mo dheartháir a bhí ina chodladh.
And, alas forever then, I had only to speak to my brother who was asleep.
Agus bhí sé amach liom ansin go dtagadh muid i gcabhair, an dtuigeann tú, agus go mbreathnódh muid.
And he was out with me then so that we might come to help, you understand, and that we would look...
Air sin ó bhí i ndáiríre bhí míle buíochas do Dhia, bhí a stór, bhí go deimhin.
At that, since it was true, there was a thousand thanks to God, there was his treasure, there was indeed...