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.

Anyway.

Ar aon nós..

Thug siad dhúinn buidéal.

They gave us a bottle.

Ach nuair diabhalta iad is minic a chuimhním air.

But when they are devilish I often think of him..

Chonaic siad an codisiún liom a dúirt a raibh muid ann.

They saw the condition with me that said we were there.

libhse.

you (plural, emphatic)

Go mba cheart dóibh a thíocht aníos.

That they should come up..

Chomh fada le leis an Rinn ná in aice leis.

As far as the Rinn or near it..

muid ag to An bhfuil a fhios agat?

us at Do you know?

a fhios acu go maith nach raibh muid

they knew well that we were not.

Cap a thugtú.

A cap that you gave..

Ní raibh.

There was not..

Ach mo léan, ní dhearna siad sin.

But alas, they did not do that..

Ach rinne muid thug siad buidéal maith dhó dhúinn go farraigí agus cineál éigin eile.

But we did, they gave him a good bottle to us to the seas and some other kind..

Théadh muid isteach ar an troid agus bhí an t-ualach mór.

We used to go into the fight and the burden was great..

Oscailt aníos, ní thiocfadh anuas, ní thiocfadh curach isteach brad a chaithfeá amach.

Opening up, it wouldn’t come down, a curragh couldn’t come in, a salmon you’d throw out..