Turas Siar 425 - Micheál Mac Graith as Cill Ghallagáin, go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam, faoi agallamh ag Caitlín Ní Chonghóile as Ceathrú na gCloch.
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Micheál Mac Graith is identified in the title as being from Cill Ghallagáin, a part of the Erris region. The use of local dialect markers and his age group is inferred from the context of the conversation.
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Raibh mise ráite go mbeidh siad ag goid beithígh?
Was I told that they will be stealing cattle?
Bhí ghoid siad beithíoch i gCeathrú Thaidhg sin b'fhéidir míle go leith ó threabhadh.
They stole a cow in Ceathrú Thaidhg, that’s maybe a mile and a half from the ploughing.
Agus bhí fear in aontas 'chuile oíche faide na mbeithíoch thiar ansin.
And there was a man in agreement every night as long as the cattle were back there..
Ach bhí an beithígh a chúl seo anyway, ní raibh sé, ní raibh sé sásta fanacht leis na beithígh eile agus chuir sé an rópa ar a chois.
But this animal here anyway, he wasn't, he wasn't willing to stay with the other animals and he put the rope on his leg.
Ar a chois Éabha agus bhí sé ceangailte a chloigeann a bheith aici.
Éabha was on her feet and she was determined to have her way.
Agus fuair in éineacht in éindí leat nuair a fuair fear eile a sheans, d'imigh sé siar.
And he got together along with you when another man got his chance, he went back..
I lár na hoíche agus tháinig sé Muithín an phaidir ar an mbeithíoch, bhí sé ina chollac.
In the middle of the night and he came, the little prayer was said over the animal, he was in a deep sleep.
Dhéanfadh sé tearmann ar bith.
He would make any shelter.
Go dtiocfadh muintir a bhí thíos insa gcaisleán thart ar oball an chaisleáin go dtiocfar aníos.
That the people who were below in the castle would come around the mouth of the castle so that they would come up.
Dhá ndearna sé léimtíocht suas ar an mbeithíoch agus pé ar bith maide a bhí leis bhuail sé an beithíoch, d'imigh an beithíoch agus an fear aniar agus thug sé, thug sé cuid mhaith de cheathrú míle.
When he jumped up on the beast and whatever stick he had with him he struck the beast, the beast went off and the man behind and it, it went a good quarter of a mile..
Nuair a tharraing sé a chosa
When he dragged his feet.
tú cinnte an bhfuil sé sin fíor anois
you’re sure if that is true now.