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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Bhreathnaigh muid ar na heangacha, an dtuigeann tú, go bhfeicfeadh sin an raibh an bhreac éisc iontu, ach ní raibh.
We looked at the nets, you understand, to see if there were any trout in them, but there weren’t.
Baon faisean a bhí ann dá bhfaighfeá breac éisc de bhus an yang, d'fhágfá mo chéad ar feadh tamaill eile.
It was a bit of a fashion that if you got a speckled fish from the yang bus, you’d leave my turn for a while longer.
Ní ní fhaca muid breacadh uainn san eangach.
We didn’t see a single trout in our net.
Agus bhí muid ag dul ag cur amach.
And we were going to get sick..
Casadh cé hea na cearta insa gcurach ar bith ach
Who indeed had the rights in the boat at all but.
Tomás Ó Ríle agus ó Dhriotháil Seán.
Tomás Ó Ríle and Seán's brother.
Agus d'fhiafraigh siad dúinn: "Bhí na heangacha bardaí acu."
And they asked us: "They had the ward nets."