Turas Siar 470 - Báidóireacht, húcéirí srl

Deireann, dúirt go leor de na bádóirí liomsa nach mba céibh an-sábháilte a bhí inti sin.

They say, many of the boatmen told me that it was not a very safe pier.

'Sin é an uair a bhíodh siad anois báid mhóna.

That was the time when they used to have turf boats..

Bhoil, ní thiocfaidís isteach ansin ach dhá mbeidís ag iarraidh, an bhfuil a fhios agat dhá mbeadh cosúlacht garbh air?

Well, they wouldn't come in there unless they wanted to, you know, if it had a rough appearance?

Go mbrisfidís an bealach idir Gaillimh agus an Cheathrún Rua, Caladh Thaidhg ar an gCeathrún Rua.

May they break the road between Galway and Carraroe, Caladh Thaidhg in Carraroe.

Agus eh

And eh.

Ní raibh aon chéibh eile ansin ann, bhoil thiar, an bhfuil a fhios agat, bhaineadar níos mó úsáid as na húicéirí, as na báid thiar ansin.

There was no other quay there, well to the west, you know, they made more use of the hookers, of the boats out west there..

Tá a fhios agam go raibh mé féin ag caint le fear gur scríobh mé roinnt mhaith eolas uaidh fear as an gCeathrún Rua a dtugaidís.

I know that I myself was talking to a man from whom I wrote quite a lot of information, a man from Carraroe whom they called...

Máirtín Ó Flaithearta air Máirtín Tom Darby agus ba saor báid a bhí ansin.

Máirtín Ó Flaithearta, called Máirtín Tom Darby, and he was a boat builder.

Níl a fhios agam anois, ní fhéadfainn figiúr áirithe a rá ach.

I don't know now, I couldn't say a specific figure but...

D'fhéadfadh sé go mbeadh sé céadta, mar a déarfá, báid uair amháin ag dul amach Cuan Fhir Mhóir.

There might have been, as you’d say, hundreds of boats once going out of Cuan Fhir Mhóir.

Ní ní cheapfainn go bhfuil leathdosaen anois ann. Tá sé tamall ó thóg mise anois an

I wouldn't think there are half a dozen there now. It's a while since I took one now.

Tá sé

He is.

nótaí eolais uaidh faoi bhád mór mar bhí a fhios agam gur rud é a bhí ag imeacht ar nós 'chuile shórt eile tá sé féin sa leabhar a scríobh mé chomh maith agus a fuair mé é.

information notes from him about a big boat because I knew it was something that was leaving like everything else he himself is in the book I wrote as well and as I got it..

Ach tá siad sin iad féin.

But they are themselves..

Anois sul má bhíonn na droichid in ord má tá siad anois ná bealach an dtuigeann tú ag leorries a bheith ag imeacht an dtuigeann tú thugaidís ualaí amach.

Now before the bridges are in order if they are now or the way do you understand with lorries going do you understand they used to take loads out..