Turas Siar 426 - Mary John Tom Bhreatnach as Glais agus Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG: cur síos ar Patrick Monaghan agus a bháthadh.
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Mary John Tom Bhreatnach is mentioned in the title as a speaker. Her use of Irish and cultural references suggest she is an elderly native speaker from the Erris region.
Máirtín Mac Donnchadha is mentioned in the title as a speaker. His interaction with Mary suggests familiarity with the dialect and culture.
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Bhí tóir air, ní díreach gur carraig a bhí suas san aer ann ach go mba go mba marc é, mar a déarfá.
He was sought after, not just because there was a rock up in the air there but because it was a mark, as you might say...
Óh bhí marcáil ba marc maith chomh maith é le haghaidh na le haghaidh na mbáid chuirfeá a dtáinig na rudaí úra seo amach mar déarfá na na rudaí atá anois acu bhfuil fhios agat bhí sé go maith le haghaidh
Oh, there was marking, it was a good mark as well for the for the boats you’d say when these new things came out, as you’d say, the things they have now, you know, it was good for.
Marc maith é le ba do na hiascairí é.
It was a good mark with cows for the fishermen.
A bheadh ag dul ó thuaidh nó ó dheas nó soir nó siar nó pé áit a mbeidís ag dul agus carraigí an bhfuil sé an-deacair a dhul i dtír uirthi tuigim.
Who would be going north or south or east or west or wherever they would be going and rocks, is it very difficult to land on them, I understand...
Nó pé áit a mbeidís ag gabháil.
Or wherever they would be going..
Ó tá sé an-deacair. Tháinig an chéad sholas ansin a Mháirtín ocht déag seasca ceathair.
Oh, it is very difficult. The first light came then, Máirtín, in eighteen sixty-four.
Bhí, bhí an solas aimsithe roimh solas an Ó Duibh.
Yes, the light was found before Ó Duibh’s light.
'Sea, ocht déag seasca ceathair, is maith an píosa é sin.
Yes, eighteen sixty-four, that's a good piece..