Turas Siar 393 - Pádhraic S. Ó Murchú as an gCartúr agus Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG: an chaoi a gcuirtí airgead abhaile san am fadó.
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Ara, bhí sé ag teacht i chuile oifig an phost ach bhí sé anseo gnóthach leo ar aon nós.
Ah, he was coming into every post office but he was here busy with them anyway.
Ach bhí an t-idirdhealú sin ann go dtabharfaidís wire air más airgead a bhí ann agus telegram má bhí scéal éigin.
But there was that distinction that they would call it a wire if it was money and a telegram if it was some news.
Tá a fhios agam féin gurb in é an gurb in é an réasún a bhain cuid acu as.
I know myself that that is the reason some of them gave.
An dream seo a raibh déanadh agam féin orthu tá fhios agam gurb shin é an
These people whom I myself dealt with, I know that that is it.
a dtuigeadh telegrams, mar déarfá, teachtaireacht ba mhó a mbeadh siad ag dúil leis.
to understand telegrams, as you might say, the main message they would be expecting..
Mar tá mé ag cuimhneamh, mar a déarfá, chomh simplí agus a bhí an saol agus chomh héifeachtach agus a bhí an saol abair ceapann muid amanta nuair de réir mar atá an saol ag dul ar aghaidh gur ag feabhsú a bhíonns cúrsaí agus leis an teicneolaíocht agus 'chuile shórt mar sin agus 'sén rud a bhfuil mé ag cuimhneamh air dá dá n-aistreofá airgead ó chuntas bainc amháin go dtí cuntas eile sa lá atá inniu ann.
Because I am remembering, as you would say, how simple life was and how efficient life was—let’s say, sometimes we think as life goes on that things are improving, with technology and all that sort of thing, and what I am thinking of is if you were to transfer money from one bank account to another nowadays...
Ní chomhairfí an t-airgead sin sa gcuntas a gcuirfeá ann é go ceann trí lá 'Sin é!
That money you put into the account would not be counted for three days. That's it!
Ach san san am a bhfuil muid gcaite na laethanta dubha dorcha a bhíodh fadó ann bhí tú in ann bhí tusa in ann siúl isteach i dteach an phosta i Sasana agus bhí an t-airgead in ann a bheith ar an bhFód Dubh tráthnóna.
But in the time when we spent the dark black days that used to be long ago, you were able, you were able to walk into the post office in England and the money could be on the Black Sod that evening.
Bhí go deimhin agus ní raibh ann ach písín beag bídeach de pháipéar.
There was indeed, and it was only a tiny little piece of paper.