Turas Siar 401 - Tony Cafferky as an Mullach Rua/Clochar ag bualadh ceoil do Mháirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG.
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anseo a rugadh agus a tógadh thú tony
here you were born and raised tony.
Ar leithinis a Mhairéad a dtugann siad Tony Cafferty air, fear breá spóirtiúil croíúil, cainteoir líofa agus boscadóir deas, agus ar cheann de na turais a thug mé síos an bealach sin labhair sé liom agus thóg mé roinnt ceoil uaidh seo an leagan atá aige de dhrioball na fáinleoige.
On the peninsula, Mairéad, they call him Tony Cafferty, a fine, hearty, sporty man, a fluent speaker and a nice box player, and on one of the trips I took down that way he spoke to me and I took some music from him—this is his version of "The Swallow's Tail."
Sin é Tony Cafferty ansin is gclochar le drioball na fáinne dfhiafraigh mé de Tony cén boscadóir is ansa leis fhéin. Dúirt sé go dtaitníonn boscadóir as Conamara leis an fear sin a deir sé a bhfuil na trí ainm Sonaí Choilm leath earraí ar ndóigh a bhí i gceist aige pé scéal é. Thug Tony píosa eh go bhfolsa uaidh nach raibh cloiste cheana agam. Mhol sa chuan an fhóid dhuibh a thug sé mar ainm air. Éistfidh muid le Walsa Chuan an Fhóid dhaoibh i dtosach agus ansin leis an bpíosa cainte a rinne Tony liom agus dála an scéil scéal sí Mary John Tom atá le cloisteáil ag damhsa agus i gcló le linn ó bheith ag ceol.
That’s Tony Cafferty there in the convent at the edge of the ring. I asked Tony which accordion player he likes best. He said he likes an accordion player from Connemara, that man, he says, who has the three names Sonaí Choilm—half goods, of course, is what he meant, whatever the story. Tony gave a piece, eh, from himself that I hadn’t heard before. He praised “the harbour of the black sod,” as he called it. We’ll listen to “Waltz of the Harbour of the Black Sod” for you first, and then to the piece of conversation Tony had with me, and by the way, it’s the story of Mary John Tom that can be heard dancing and in print while playing music.
Tony a thugann siad ormsa, Tony.
They call me Tony, Tony.
Agus cén t-ainm atá ar an gceantar?
And what is the name of the area?