Turas Siar 439 - Séamas Ennis: Agallaimh faoí Inis Cé
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nDéarfaidh mé bhí siad ar a
I will say they were on it.
Bhuail an t-uaigneas freisin iad, is dóigh.
Loneliness struck them too, I suppose..
Tá muid ceart go leor, tháinig muid i dtír anseo uaithi.
We are all right, we landed here from her..
Ní raibh dochtúir istigh againn, ní raibh sagart againn.
We had no doctor in, we had no priest.
Ní raibh siopa ar bith againn.
We didn't have any shop.
Agus chaithfinn a dhul go Béal an Mhuirthead agus go hAcaill faoi aon locht mánú ina gcuid bád.
And I would have to go to Belmullet and to Achill if there was any fault with their boats.
Bhí muid ag fáil an-dá mór sclábhaíocht.
We were getting very big slavery.
Agus go han-mhinic faoi cheann coicís faoi stoirm.
And very often within a fortnight under a storm..
Mary anonn agus anall, a deir fiche eile.
Mary over and back, says another twenty..