Turas Siar 134 - An focal "cladhaire", Scéal an Athara Mánus Mac Suibhne

an suíomh seo a bhunú air sin ó thiocfá aníos ní raibh caisleán

Establish this site on that from which you would come up there was no castle.

ansin go mba í neillí ann an uair sin

then that it was Nellie there at that time.

seacht déag nócha dó tháinig an biongamach go háirithe dtús

Seventeen ninety-two the biongamach came especially at the beginning.

fuair sé an talamh sin ar cíos i dtús ó gcormaic

He rented that land initially from Cormac.

fear de mhuintir chormaic

a man of the Cormac family.

bhí clann chormaic ansin agus bhí

Cormac's family was there and there was.

bhí oidhreacht acu air

They had a heritage on it.

ar eilí ar an áird eilbh 'mar a thugann siad air an uair sin

on a deer on the high deer 'as they call it at that time.

agus bhí dún mór ansin an cuasán

and there was a big fort there in the hollow.

agus is ón gcosmhuintir chomh fuair sé an talamh ar cíos talún aige tamall ansin

and it is from the common people that he also rented the land for a while there.

bheartaigh sé féin go dtógfadh sé caisleán

He decided that he would build a castle.

ba in é an dara caisleán a tógadh sa cheantar seo bhí ceannaire roimhe sin

That was the second castle built in this area; there was a leader before that.

thiar san áit a dtugtar tránna anois air

out west in the place that is now called beaches.

sílfeá farraige ansin

you'd think there was a sea there.