Maggie McGiff Béal Easa Co Mhaigh Eo
https://www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/clips/20734232/
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The speaker's name is Maggie McGiff, mentioned in the title. The context suggests she is elderly due to the nature of the conversation and the historical references.
Pádraig Ó Catháin is mentioned as the person Maggie McGiff was talking to in 1982.
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cén aois a bhí tú nuair a thosaigh tú ag plé leis an tobac
What age were you when you started dealing with tobacco?
muise ní raibh mé chomh sean sin
Well, I wasn't that old.
nach raibh
that was not
dhá scór bliantaí
forty years
an rabhais
were you
bhí
was
agus cén fáth ar thosaigh tú
and why did you start
tá
is
cén fáth ar thosaigh tú
Why did you start?
go meiriceá
to America
ná raibh
"was not"
ah
Ah.
leofa bhí mé seáinín
I was a little bit fluent.
a raibh eoin éindí leis na seandaoine
that Eoin was with the old people.