Turas Siar 401 - Tony Cafferky as an Mullach Rua/Clochar ag bualadh ceoil do Mháirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG.
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Níor theastaigh an méid a d'fhoghlaim mé féin, d'fhoghlaim mé, an bhfuil a fhios agat, le ní raibh aon, níl mé in ann nóta ar bith a léamh, an dtuigeann tú, ní raibh ariamh ar an gcluais ar an gcluais mar 'Sea ar an gcluais
I didn’t want what I learned myself, I learned, you know, with no, I’m not able to read a note at all, do you understand, it was never by ear by ear like Yes by ear.
Beidh sé ceart, beidh sé mícheart agus ansin aireoidh tú aríst é agus gabhfaidh tú gabhfaidh tú ceathrú eile, a' bhfuil 'fhios a'd, ach bhí muid alright bhí suim mhór agam ann anyways, a' bhfuil 'fhios a'd?, bhí suim mór sa gceol agam.
It will be right, it will be wrong and then you’ll feel it again and you’ll go, you’ll go another quarter, you know, but we were alright, I had a great interest in it anyways, you know?, I had a great interest in music..
Raibh damhsóirí maithe thart anseo nó an raibh nós ann?
Were there good dancers around here or was there a custom?
Bhoil, séard an damhsa a bhí acu thar an t-am sin ná ná a dtugadh siad an Ha Set air, a' bhfuil 'fhios a'd?
Well, the dance they had at that time was what they called the Ha Set, do you know?
Bhuel bheifeá bheifeá in ann siúl, siúl bheifeá in ann an hase a dhéanamh agus na gceisteanna sin é an damhsa a bhí a phiocadh an uair sin.
Well, you would be able to walk, you would be able to walk, you would be able to do the hase and those questions, it was the dance that was being picked at that time..
Ach an ndéanaidís damhsa aonair anois mar a dhéanfadh muintir Chonamara?
But would they do a solo dance now as the people of Connemara would?
Ní bhoil, b'fhéidir go raibh amach anseo ach tá a fhios agam thart ina n-áit seo anois.
No, maybe there was in the future but I know around this place now.
Sin has of vinnes.
That is not correct Irish. It appears to be a misspelling or not Irish at all, so it cannot be directly translated.
Is Hat Set a thug siad air 'sea agus ní raibh aon damhsa ní raibh aon damhsa cuair ach a bheith ag dul thart agus an Sweeney thoir ara ní raibh ní raibh steip ann ní raibh ach a bheith an t-am sin ach bhí muid bhí craic maith agaibh agus bhí siad an-jab.
They called it Hat Set, yes, and there was no dancing, there was no round dancing except going around and Sweeney over there, sure there was, there was no step dancing, there was only that at the time, but we had good fun and they did a great job.