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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The speaker is named in the title and is likely elderly based on the context of discussing past practices and vivid memories of historical events.
Mentioned in the title as part of the discussion, likely a native speaker given the context of the conversation.
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Aimsir Lá Fhéile Pádraig ná b'fhéidir aimsir na Cásca.
The weather of St. Patrick's Day or maybe the weather of Easter..
Sin é an t-am a ba mhó.
That was the greatest time..
Ní thuigeadh tada.
He/She/It wouldn't understand anything.
Agus nuair adeireanns tú, nárbh iad muintir Mheiriceá ba mhó a bhí ag cur airgid abhaile?
And when you say, wasn’t it the Americans who were sending the most money home?
Inis tuilleadh dhom faoi sin.
Tell me more about that.
'Sén chaoi a mbíodh siad á chur.
That’s how they used to put them..
Thuigfeadh sé rá dhuit iad sin.
He would say those things to you.
B'fhéidir cuid acu a bhíodh imithe le scaitheamh agus cuid eile acu chuirfeadh siad abhaile chuirfeadh siad amach é le haghaidh.
Maybe some of them used to be gone for a while and others would send it home, they would send it out for...
Ara b'fhéidir le haghaidh bronntanas ag
Well, maybe for a present/gift.
Lánúin, b'fhéidir, a bheith pósta leathchéad bliain anois nó rud éigin mar sin.
A couple, perhaps, married for fifty years now or something like that..