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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Agus rud eile a inseoidh mé dhuit faoi agus ní chreidfidh tú é ach 'sí an fhírinne bhí seachtó.
And another thing I will tell you about, and you won’t believe it but it’s the truth, there were seventy...
daoiní ann anois as 'chuile áit.
people here now from everywhere..
Méid nó éinne sa san Artlann.
Anyone or anything in the Archive..
Agus tháinig cúpla uair a bhíonns muid a thíocht anyways tháinig beirt amach san oifig é.
And a couple of times we usually come anyway, two came out in the office...
Fiafraí: An raibh duine ar bith anseo in ann cairr a thiomáint?
Question: Was anyone here able to drive a car?
An fhear a bhí in ann tractor a thiomáint ná raibh aon fhear in ann aon bharraí a thiomáint.
The man who was able to drive a tractor when no man was able to drive any carts.
Bhoil 'Sin í an fhírinne anois agus chuir sé a dhéanamh air, agus mar a dúirt sé méara My God adeir sé go bhféadfaí Sping Times.
Well, that's the truth now and he pretended to do it, and as he said, fingers My God he says that Spring Times could be...
Ní raibh mórán carranna thart.
There weren't many cars around.
Ní raibh ach like bhí abair bhí muintir Kerry ann agus bhí muintir Dhún na nGall ann agus bhí muintir
There was only like, say, the people of Kerry were there and the people of Donegal were there and the people were.
Go raibh sibh chomh bocht.
That you were so poor..