Turas Siar 399 - Seosaimhín Mhic Giontaigh as Tamhain na hUltaigh agus Mary John Tom Bhreatnach as Glais ag caint le Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG: scoláirí Gaeilge agus staid na Gaeilge sa gceantar.
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Identified in the title as a speaker from Tuain na hUltaigh, a region in Erris.
Identified in the title as a speaker from Glais, a region in Erris.
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Cuid mhaith liom anseo sa gceantar.
A good few of mine here in the area.
Nach bhfuil an Ghaeilge ag cúlú ar aon nós fiú amháin sna Gaeltachtaí is láidre?
Isn’t Irish retreating anyway, even in the strongest Gaeltacht areas?
Tuigim mar atá tú a' rá.
I understand what you are saying.
Ansin nuair a thóg mise mo chlann, a Mháirtín.
Then when I raised my family, Máirtín...
Ní raibh na televisions ann ná na walkmans show ná
There were no televisions or walkmans there.
na rudaí seo a bhualadh agus sin é
to hit these things and that's it.
Sa teallach a thomhaiseoidh sé agus mura dtomhaiseoidh na dream óg.
He will measure it at the hearth and if the young people do not measure...
Sa teallach lena gclann.
At the hearth with their family.
Tá clann óg agatsa fós, a Josie, tá siad a' gabháil ar scoil agus feiceann tú an nósmhaireacht atá ann.
You still have a young family, Josie, they are going to school and you see the routine that exists.
Céard céard atá ag tarlú i measc na ndaoine óga inniu?
What exactly is happening among young people today?
an rud atá a' tarlú, a Mháirtín, a' bhfuil 'fhios a'd?, tá daoiní a' teacht isteach as Sasana agus as tíorthaí eile, agus
The thing that is happening, Máirtín, do you know?, people are coming in from England and from other countries, and.
siad póstaí le b'fhéidir bean as Sasana ná fear as Sasana agus níl siad a' tógáil a gclann thríd b'fhéidir agus tá siad ag iarraidh a dhéanamh thríd Gaeilge ach níl siad in ann mar a bheadh muide in ann a dhéanamh mar tá mise agus m'fhear céile, bhí muid tógthaí, rugadh is tógáil le Gaeilge muid agus
they are marriages with maybe a woman from England or a man from England and they are not raising their children through maybe and they are trying to do it through Irish but they are not able as we would be able to do because myself and my husband, we were raised, born and raised with Irish and.