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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Isteach ar an muinse a bhí sé ag dul chuile shórt agus na na fir dá lámh a fháil.
He was getting into everything on the necklace and the men trying to get hold of it.
Ehm sea, mar a déarfá, ní eh
Ehm yeah, as you’d say, not eh.
Ní raibh Ghaillimh acu ach a gcuid lámhaí is lámhaíochta a bhí siad, a stór sea sea crua an-chrua.
They had nothing of Galway but their own hands and handiwork, my dear yes yes hard very hard..
Crua, bhí sé crua, bhí.
Hard, it was hard, it was...
Tá cuimhne agam air nuair a bhí m'athair ag rith an phost leis na Cláidíneach agus le na Muineachán.
I remember it when my father was running the post with the Claidíns and with the Monaghans.
Scór puntaí a d'fhág siad sa mí.
They left a score of points in the month.
'Sin é an t-airgead a d'fhás siad.
That is the money they grew.
Agus cé chomh minic agus a théidís?
And how often did they go?
B'fhéidir go dté bhoil i ndeireadh thrí seachtainí dathraigh, d'athraigh an fear aire nuair a thrí seachtainí.
Perhaps you might go sick at the end of three weeks of change, the man changed his mind after three weeks.