Turas Siar 402 - Micí Joe Ó Conghóile as Ros Dumhach (R.I.P.) faoi agallamh ag Caitlín Ní Chonghóile, Ceathrú na gCloch: gnaithí iascaireachta agus farraigeadh, scríbhneoireacht.
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The speaker is named in the title, and the context of the conversation and dialect markers suggest he is an elderly native speaker from the Erris region.
The interviewer is named in the title, and her location in Erris suggests she is a native speaker from that region.
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Fhad lá éigin le cúnamh Dé anseo in áit.
Some day with God's help here in this place..
Gabha mór a bhí againn, ní raibh.
We had a big blacksmith, there wasn't...
Baile a dhéanamh amach ar chor ar bith.
To make a home out at all..
Ní raibh mórán fonn ar Mhicí Joe an scéal a insint dhom.
Micí Joe didn’t really want to tell me the story.
Ach ní raibh mé chun é a ligint leis.
But I wasn't going to let it go..
Shuigh muid uilig santach ag déanamh faraor.
We all sat greedily lamenting..
Ní raibh aon oupod an uair sin.
There was no oupod at that time..
Ach ba é an éis an chogaidh scaitheamh beag agus
But it was after the war for a little while and.
Ag tíocht ag íochtarach gliomach.
Coming at the bottom, a lobster..