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.

Ní thiocfadh an

It would not come.

Tadaí a bheirt, bhí daoiní ag siúl thart agus ní raibh léine ar chor ar bith orthu.

Nothing at all, there were people walking around and they had no shirt on at all.

Bhí sé chomh te sin bhí sé chomh te.

It was so hot, it was so hot...

I mí Deireadh Fómhair 'Sea 'sea.

In the month of October 'Yes yes..

Mí Deireadh Deireadh Fómhair 'Sea.

The month of October, yes..

Ní raibh.

There was not...

Ach téann go leor acu síos agus bhí tithe thíos acu agus bhí mo dheirfiúr liom ansin an tseachtain seo a caitheadh go leor daoiní go deimhin thart san áit adeir sí san áit a bhfuil mise.

But many of them go down and they had houses down there and my sister was with me there last week, a lot of people indeed around the place she says, in the place where I am.

Bhí tithe thíos acu, tá a fhios agam go raibh, arsa mise.

They had houses down there, I know they did, I said.

Théadh siad síos. Bhí droch bhíodh drochuair acu an tseachtain seo chugainn ná an mhí seo chugainn anois nuair a bhíodh siad suas faoin tír san áit a bhfuil sise an dtuigeann tú Wart Holo agus mar sin le sneachta agus uisce agus 'chuile shórt agus scála agus théadh siad síos ansin chaithfeá 'sea chaithfeá chaithfeá a dhul ar an ar an bplain agus a dhul síos ar píosa mór síos é an dtuigeann tú.

They used to go down. They used to have a bad time next week or this month now when they would be up in the country in the place where she is, you know, Wart Holo and so on with snow and water and all sorts and scales and they used to go down then you’d have to—yes, you’d have to, you’d have to go on the plain and go down a big piece down, you know...

Ach anois go dáthaí Dia sinn leis an méid.

But now may God colour us with the amount...

Stoirm atá agat, ar ndóigh, le seachtain, tá sé scanrúil 'chuile dhuine, tá sé go dona faoi.

You have a storm, of course, for a week, it's frightening everyone, it's very bad about it..

Thoir ann.

Bring it in..

Óh tá tá ach an dtaitneodh sí leat mar thír?

Oh yes, yes, but would you like it as a country?

dtaitneodh leat cónaí ann nó

you would like to live there or not

Muise creidim dá mbeadh duine ag obair, an bhfuil a fhios agat?

Well, I believe if someone were working, you know?