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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Níor níor airigh mé riamh é. Bhoil 'sea níor airigh an méid a dairigh mé ag caint anois faoi agus is minic scéal maith a dairigh mé faoin de bharr baint a bheith ag
I never heard it. Well, yes, I didn’t hear what I’m talking about now and I often heard a good story about it because of being involved.
Ag m'athair leis na blianta, Gerry, is minic scéal maith a dinis sé dhom faoi.
With my father over the years, Gerry, he often told me a good story about...
Sea, ar, le haghaidh, le haghaidh teasa a bhíonn guala acu.
Yes, he said, they have coal for heat.
Óh le haghaidh teas agus le haghaidh bráis bia sea agus rudaí mar sin.
Oh, for heat and for cooking food, yes, and things like that...
Agus céard a bhí sa solas ar ar ola a bhíodar a dhó sa solas nó
And what was in the light but oil that they were burning in the light or.
Sin fhad a bhí acu an ola.
That was as long as they had the oil.
Agus bhí orthu é sin, ar ndóigh, a chur i dtír freisin.
And they had to, of course, make use of that as well.
Bhí orainn orthu an uile shórt a chur i dtír ba sheans atá mé ag dul isteach ag an oileán.
We had to make them land every kind of thing, maybe I am going onto the island.