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.

Ní bheidh, ní bheidh éinne ag iascaireacht anseo mura corrdhuine fán.

There won't be, there won't be anyone fishing here except for the odd person wandering...

Murab é féin.

If it is not himself..

Bhí tú ag inseacht dhom cheana roimhe seo go raibh bád seoil ag d'athair, an raibh?

You were telling me before that your father had a sailing boat, weren't you?

Áh bhoil bhí

Ah well, yes.

Agus geall.

And promise..

Siad ag fia le haghaidh an siopa.

They are asking for the shop.

Againn i gceathar na gcloch thiar.

With us in the west of Ceathar na gCloch (the four stones)..

agus

and.

Théadh sé suas go bealach.

He would go up the way..

le haghaidh plúr agus 'chuile shórt stuif main

for flour and all sorts of main stuff.

Rud ar bith a bhí ag teastáil.

Anything that was needed..

Ach bhí sé i gcónaí ina dtosach le curach.

But he was always in the lead with a currach.

Ábhar fuair siad gar go leor dhóibh go minic.

They often got quite close to them.

Fuair sé an aice gheal seo agus bhí sé i bhfad níos éasca ansin.

He got this bright idea and it was much easier then.

Cén sórt báidín a bhí inti?

What kind of little boat was it?