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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Trí troithe troithe ar leithead agus sé troithe nó seacht dtroithe ar fad chaithfeá a dhul amach ina seide agus í a líonadh le cochán.
Three feet wide and six or seven feet long, you would have to go out into the shed and fill it with chaff.
Agus a dtabhairt isteach agus ach bhí bhíodh pluideanna tugtha ag an bhfeilméaraí faighte ag an bhfeilméaraí chomh maith.
And their bringing in and only blankets had been given by the farmers, received by the farmers as well.
Agus chaithfeá do leaba a dhéanamh suas.
And you would have to make your bed.
Raibh tú sásta leis sin?
Were you happy with that?
Muise, a mh'anam nach raibh muid dhá sásta sin i dtosach dhá rith ní raibh ní raibh dhá dhinn tada a dhéanamh faoi ach ba rots ba rot is mó a bhíodh isteach air.
Well, my soul, weren’t we so happy at the start of it, we weren’t, we weren’t doing anything about it but it was Rot, it was Rot who was most involved in it...
Bhíodh sibh déanta ar sheilbh.
You used to be made to possess.
Bhíodh rasmuch ag imeacht san oíche agus thiocfadh ceathrar acu anuas b'fhéidir anuas sa leaba ach ní fhaigheadh anuas bhíodh sí ag imeacht amuigh ar an bhfalla thuas bhíodh siad beo leofa ach scaitheamh isteach.
There used to be wrestling going on at night and maybe four of them would come down, down into the bed, but she wouldn't come down, she used to be going out on the wall above, they used to be alive with her but sometimes inside...
Bhoil, bhoil nuair a nuair a bhí muid ag seachtain bhí siad ag imeacht le faitíos uainn. Bhí achan áis san áit a mbeidh an iomarca daoiní
Well, well when we were at the week they were leaving with fear of us. There was every facility in the place where there will be too many people.
Agus cén fhad a bhfanfadh sibh an feirm feirm amháin?
And how long would you stay on the one farm?