Turas Siar 438 - Stair Inis Cé
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The speaker's detailed knowledge of Inis Gé and use of Irish suggest they are a native speaker from the Erris region.
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Tá sé tá sé píosa is míle bliain ag caitheamh i bhfarraigí leathchéad bliain ó shin agus níos mó níos mó.
It is, it is a piece that has been spending a thousand years in the seas fifty years ago and more, more...
Ar an oileán a rugadh é agus a tógadh Áine Nicionta ach d'athraigh sí amach ar tír mór an oíche ar báthadh an deichniúr deartháir léi féin ina measc.
He was born and raised on the island, Áine Nicionta, but she moved to the mainland the night her ten brothers, herself among them, were drowned.
Tháinig nuair a báitheadh muintir Inis Gé báitheadh deartháir dhom.
It came when the people of Inis Gé were drowned, my brother was drowned.
Báitheadh deas dhá báithe an oíche mhór an oíche sin.
A nice drowning of two drownings the big night that night..
Áit a thugann sé cén t-ainm a bhí air?
A place where he gives what name was on it?
Naoi mbliana déag a bhí sé.
He was nineteen years old.