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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Bhoil an ceathrú cuid bhí timpeall ar dhá duine amuigh an oíche sin.
Well, about a quarter, there were around two people out that night.
Fiche curach agus beirt in gach 'Sea, óh bhí fiche curach amuigh, bhí fiche curach amuigh, deich gcurach as gach oileán, áit níor báitheadh ach beirt as an oileán ó thuaidh.
Twenty currachs and two people in each. Yes, oh there were twenty currachs out, there were twenty currachs out, ten currachs from each island, where only two were drowned from the island to the north...
Liam: Ó Rí, col ceathrar dom féin a bhí ann 'Sea, agus
Liam: Oh King, he was a cousin of mine Yes, he was.
An tráthnóna an oíche sin ansin abair nuair a bhí sibh tagtha isteach i dtír déarfaidh mé nuair a bhí tusa agus an fear a bhí in éindí leat tagtha isteach i dtír.
That evening, that night then, say, when you had come ashore, I will say, when you and the man who was with you had come ashore...
Cén t-am d'oíche a bhíodh anseo? Cén t-am de oíche a bhí sé 'sea ar an
What time of night used to be here? What time of night was it, yes, at that?
Naoi a chlog, naoi a chlog, 'Sea, agus an raibh a fhios agaibh go raibh, go raibh na curachaí eile i bhfostú amuigh, mar a déarfá, agus bhí a fhios againn an méid a bhí istigh ann?
Nine o'clock, nine o'clock, yes, and did you know that, that the other currachs were stuck outside, as you might say, and we knew what was inside them?
Uair sin bhí a fhios againn nach dtiocfadh éinne eile isteach á dea-réiteach ach beirt tháinig beirt mhuineachán i dtír ar bhí trí mhíle le dhul acu go mbuailfeadh siad na tránna amuigh ansin.
At that time we knew that no one else would come in with a good solution but two came, two Monaghan men landed who had three miles to go so that they would reach the beaches out there.