Turas Siar 434 - Pap le MTS: Ard Trathnóna RnaG i dTuras Siar

Seo

Here.

Agus bhí bhí bhí rudaí go maith an uair sin.

And things were good then..

Bhí bhí go leor daoiní san áit seo thart thall an uair sin.

There were a lot of people in this place around at that time.

An

The.

Anois tá a fhios agam go raibh traidisiún mór millteach anseo ag daoine a dhul anonn.

Now I know that there was a great, powerful tradition here of people going over..

Ag piocadh fataí agus beidh súil agam labhairt le cúpla duine acu ar ball.

Picking potatoes and I hope to talk to a couple of them later.

Ach eh

But eh.

An raibh an

Was the.

Sin rud anois déarfaidh mé nach raibh sa taobh tíre s'againne ar chor ar bith déarfaidh mé thuas i dtaobh

That is something now I will say that was not in our countryside at all, I will say above about it.

Leitir Móir ná siar an bealach sin i gConamara théidís anonn alright ach bhídís ag dul ar an Met Factory an bhfuil a fhios agat ag obair ar an Met agus ag obair ansin ag ag ag ag áiteacha eile thall ní ní ní mórán traidisiúin a bhí ann ó thaobh a dhul anonn ag piocadh fataí.

Leitir Móir or further out that way in Connemara they used to go over alright but they used to go to the Met Factory, you know, working at the Met and working there and in other places over there, there wasn’t much tradition of going over picking potatoes.

Ach an raibh go leor eile ansin ag imeacht taobh amuigh de na fataí a Bhríd le le dhul anonn ag obair mar chuaigh tú féin cén sórt ceird a bhí ort thall?

But were there many others there leaving besides the potatoes, Bríd, to go over working as you did yourself—what kind of trade did you have over there?

2 Muise ag obair ar Factory

2 Well working at Factory.

Ab ea nó ospidéal nó rudaí mar sin a bheidís sea.

Yes, or a hospital or things like that they would be, yes.

Agus sea.

And yes..

Bhí mé ag obair i bpub scaitheamh.

I was working in a pub for a while.