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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A bhfuil cuimhne agam air a bheith ag teacht an uair sin mar deir siad an regester chor ar bith.
That I remember him coming at that time as they say the register at all...
Mé ag cuimhneamh fós go mb'iontach simplí an bealach é an wire leis an leis an fiú amháin fiú amháin an té nach raibh scríobh ná léamh aige ná mórán Béarla aige.
I am still remembering how wonderfully simple the way was, the wire, even for the one who could neither write nor read nor had much English.
Bheadh sé in ann fós an an córas sin a láimhseáil, mar a déarfá, mar ar a ainm a insint agus an seoladh baile.
He would still be able to handle that system, so to speak, such as giving his name and home address.
Agus bhí an bhí an t-aicsean déanta aige.
And the action had been done by him.
Chonaic mé daoine ag dul isteach san oifig an phoist anois thall i Sasana agus ní raibh, ní raibh, ní raibh, ní raibh siad in ann le dada ach a n-ainm féin a scríobh agus a léamh, ní raibh siad in ann tada eile dhó a líonadh isteach.
I saw people going into the post office over in England now and they weren't, they weren't, they weren't, they weren't able for anything except to write and read their own name, they weren't able to fill in anything else for him.
Ach thuigfeadh an fear a bhí taobh istigh den ghiar beag a bhfuil feicthe aige.
But the man who was inside the little gear would understand what he has seen...
Cén sórt córas a bhí ar siúl acu agus cé raibh sé ag dul agus céard a bhí siad a dhéanamh agus bhí siad in ann a dhéanamh isteach dóbhtha.
What kind of system did they have running and who was it for and what were they doing and were they able to get into it..
Bhí sé de thuiscint acu, bhí siad in ann é sin a bhrainse orthu iad féin.
They understood that, they were able to attribute that to themselves.
Agus bhí siad ag cur airgid, bhí, bhíodh siad ag cur airgid abhaile na créatúir sin agus gan focal léana na bloic bloic chuid acu.
And they were sending money, they were, those poor creatures used to be sending money home and some of them didn’t have a word of English or the least bit of education.