Turas Siar 446 - Seán Ó hÉilidhe le fear Ros Dúmhach

Agus do bhean gan Gaeilge ar bith aici.

And your wife has no Irish at all..

Bhoil féachfaidh tú leat beidh sí nuair a bhí sí ag éisteacht leat sách fada foghlaimeoidh sí Gaeilge an dtuigeann tú agus is dóigh ní shin chaoi le Gaeilge formótar an cheantair.

Well, you’ll see, she will, when she was listening to you long enough she will learn Irish, do you understand, and I suppose that’s not the way Irish is promoted in the area.

Tá siad anois ag iarraidh a bheith ag foghlaim Gaeilge anois agat.

They are now trying to be learning Irish with you now.

Agus nach í an rud céanna?

And isn't it the same thing?

Ach nár cheart do Ghaeilgeoirí iad iad a chéile a phósadh nár cheart do do fhear nó do bhean Gaeilgeoir a aimsiú ná phósadh ná ar an doirse i gcideal cén fáth fear é?

But shouldn’t Irish speakers marry each other, shouldn’t you find or marry an Irish-speaking man or woman, nor on the doors in a kettle what kind of man is he?

Ach nach shin an

But isn't that it.

Ní bheadh Gaeilge ag an bheirt acu.

Neither of them would have Irish.

Agus an gcaithfidh tusa bean a phósadh inniu a bhfuil Gaeilge aici bhoil de réir na rialacha atá ag an Roinn caithfidh Gaeilge a bheith ag an mbeirt. Tá rialacha rialacha ag an Roinn alright ach má tá ní rialacha i gceart.

And do you have to marry a woman today who has Irish, well according to the rules that the Department has, both must have Irish. The Department has rules alright but if they are not proper rules...

Gaeilge a iarraidh.

Requesting Irish.

Cleamhnas ceart a dhéanamh idir an bheirt go bhfuil Gaeilge acu.

To make a proper match between the two who have Irish.

Tá lán na gcleamhnas i mbliana.

There are plenty of matches this year.

Bhoil níl tá tá sé sin imithe tá tá sé ach

Well no yes yes that's gone yes yes it is just.

Bhí bhí aimsir mhaith in aimsir na gleamúil chomh maith céanna an raibh? Bhí

There was good weather in the time of the gleaming as well, wasn't there? There was.

Bhí 'sin an uair go raibh Gaeilgeoirí ag pósadh a chéile bhoil bhí ach

That was the time when Irish speakers were marrying each other, well they were indeed.

Bhí coir a dhul thart anseo coir fada ag tíocht isteach amach.

There was a crime going on here, a crime coming in and out for a long time.