Turas Siar 446 - Seán Ó hÉilidhe le fear Ros Dúmhach
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The speaker is named in the title as Seán Ó hÉilidhe, and is described as 'fear Ros Dúmhach', indicating he is a native speaker from the Erris region.
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Is iondúil go mbriseann cumhacht leictreachais anseo beagnach 'chuile Nollaig.
It is usual for the electricity to go out here almost every Christmas.
Ag tarlú againn tá muid an- go deo uair amháin anois a d'imigh sé le cúpla agus ní raibh sé i bhfad imithe agus déarfaí amach an raibh siad agus níl a fhios agam an bhfuil sé ag cur é ina cheart go fóill nach bhfuil ach tarlaíonn sé minic go maith.
Happening to us, we are very- forever once now that he left with a couple and he wasn't gone long and it would be said out whether they were and I don't know if he is still putting it right yet, but it happens quite often...
Ach ansin anois cúpla bliain ó shin tá mé ag cuimhneamh gob in é an t-amhrán muid chomh saor agus chuir siad isteach líntí úra ar fad.
But then now a couple of years ago I remember, wasn’t it the song, we were so free and they put in completely new lines...
Tá mé ag cuimhneamh go bhfuil sé sin dhá sábháil, an bhfuil?
I am thinking that that is being saved, is it?
Minic go leor bhíodh an áit seo dorcha le linn na Nollag nach
Very often this place used to be dark during Christmas, didn't it.
An babó a bhíodh sé ag toradh.
The doll that used to be bearing fruit..
Ní bhíodh cumhacht ar bith agaibh ar bith agaibh anuraidh.
You had no power at all last year.
Mar tá athrú air sin anois an bhfuil is cosúil bhoil is go fóill anyways tá sé tá ag éirí linne go maith.
Because that has changed now, it seems, well, anyway, we are doing well.
Áiteacha eile mar bhí glan í féin gearrtha amach ansin go deiridh.
Other places as she herself was clearly cut out there in the end..