Turas Siar 427 - Pat 'Rua' Ó Raghallaigh (RIP) as Inis Gé faoi agallamh ag Máirtín Tom Sheáinín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG: Báthadh Inis Gé.
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The title identifies Pat 'Rua' Ó Raghallaigh as the speaker, and the context of the recording suggests he is a native speaker from Inis Gé, which is in the Erris region.
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Port ghlais ab ea Port Ghlais. Bhoil an-mhaith do Phort Glais, Port Ghlais. 'Sea. 'Sea agus tá tá leac curtha suas ansin nach bhfuil cuireadh leac suas ansin. Tá cúpla bliain ó shin 'Sea, bhí mé thiar ansin Máirt tá a fhios agat.
Port Ghlais was a green port. Well, very good for Port Ghlais, Port Ghlais. Yes. Yes, and there is a plaque put up there where a plaque hasn’t been put up there. It’s a couple of years ago. Yes, I was back there on a Tuesday, you know.
raibh faitíos ort roimh an fharraige ina dhiaidh sin, an raibh?
Were you afraid of the sea after that, were you?
Ní raibh an croí acu, ní raibh faitíos ar bith roimhe sin acu.
They didn’t have the heart, they had no fear at all before that.
Cuid mhaith farraige a bhí iontu uilig.
They were all a good deal of sea.
Bhí mé ag iascaireacht ó bhí mé dhá bhliain déag agus
I have been fishing since I was twelve years old.
Thug mé bád seol anall mé féin agus m'uncail anall sa bhFrainc.
I brought a sailing boat over myself and my uncle over to France.
Thug tú bád as an bhFrainc, bád seoil tí seoil.
You brought a boat from France, a sailing boat, a houseboat.