Turas Siar 438 - Stair Inis Cé

Inis gé seo oileán in iarthar na hÉireann.

Inishkea is an island in the west of Ireland.

Agus is iomaí oileán ann.

And there are many islands there.

Agus tá an t-oileán seo ar chósta iar Mhaigh Eo.

And this island is on the west coast of Mayo.

Anois tugtar Inis Gé ar an oileán seo.

Now this island is called Inis Gé.

Agus is iomaí

And there are many.

Oileán atá ar chósta Mhaigh Eo ach níl ach aon oileán amháin ar a dtugtar Inis Gé.

An island that is on the coast of Mayo but there is only one island called Inis Gé.

Maidir leis an ainm féin, is cosúil.

As for the name itself, it seems...

gur ón bhfocal sciath a tháinig an t-ainm.

that the name came from the word shield..

Agus is ionann sciath, ar ndóigh, agus rud a chosnódh thú.

And a shield is, of course, something that would protect you.

Nuair a bheifeá i gcontúirt

When you would be in danger.

Agus anois?

And now?

Bhíodh sciath, ar ndóigh, ag na trodairí uilig fadó le iad féin a chosaint.

The warriors all used to have a shield, of course, long ago to protect themselves.

Ar an ábhar sin is cosúil gurb amhlaidh a bhíodh Inis Gé.

For that reason, it seems that Inis Gé used to be like that.

Mar chosaint.

As a protection...

Ar bháid agus ar theithí a bhíodh ag dul síos agus suas ó dheas agus ó thuaidh ar an gcósta seo le fada fada na gcian.

On boats and on rafts that used to go down and up, south and north along this coast for a very, very long time.