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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Go mórmhór ar an oileán ó dheas bhíodh caoirigh go leor ansin acu.
On the big island to the south they used to have a lot of sheep there.
Ar an iascaireacht, ar ndóigh, sílim, ba mhó.
On the fishing, of course, I think, was more...
Agus go mórmhór ó thosaigh iascaireacht.
And especially since fishing began..
Timpeall sin céad bliain ó shin.
Around one hundred years ago..
Thosaigh iascaireacht na ngliomach.
Lobster fishing began.
A mbeatha i bhfad ní b'fhearr ó thosaigh an iascaireacht.
Their life has been much better since the fishing began.
Ach bhí slí bheatha eile ar a laghad ag beirt ar an oileán ba bhin iad Pádraic agus Brídín agus ba ag tógáil géabha a bhídís sin as sin a tháinig an t-amhrán Amhrán na nGéabha ar Inis Gé.
But at least two people on the island had another way of making a living, they were Pádraic and Brídín, and they used to raise goslings; from that came the song "The Song of the Goslings" on Inis Gé.
An rud a bhí mé ag rá leat bhí Pádraic agus Brídín ar an Oileán Athuaidh agus 'sén slí bheatha a bhí acu i gcé bhuaigh.
What I was saying to you was that Pádraic and Brídín were on North Island and that was the way of life they had in whichever pier won...
A chur an uair seo tháinig stoirm mór.
This time a great storm came..