Turas Siar 172 - Clár faisnéise faoi Inis Géidh a craoladh sa mbliain 1975. Seán Ó Tuairisc a chuir i láthair.

Oileán an Rí

King's Island

Is ní raibh ach a bhean sa ngeimhreadh is doiread.

And there was only his wife in the darkest winter.

Bhíodh an fharraige ag tíocht trasna cheithre fhóid.

The sea used to come across four sods.

Cheithre mhuintir an oileáin

Four families of the island.

Gheofá saltracha pleainceanna, stanaí, bosca.

You would find plank beds, tins, box..

'Chuile shórt i dtír go leathuair.

Every sort in the country for half an hour.

In aimsir na Árann.

In the time of the Aran...

Raibh saol deas ar an oileán agaibh nuair a bhí sibh óg?

Did you have a nice life on the island when you were young?

Le haghaidh togha.

For a choice..

Céard a bhíodh sibh a dhéanamh aimsir na Nollag?

What did you use to do at Christmas time?

Deir trosc scadáin agus mura iascaigh.

Says the herring fasting and if not fishing...

Busa ag iascach.

Bus fishing.

Iascaireacht sa gcomhrá

Fishing in the conversation.

Ag breathnú siar sa stair ansin meastú an ndearna muintir Inis Gé ceart nuair a d'athraíodar isteach go tír mór sna tríochaidí?

Looking back in history then, I wonder did the people of Inis Gé do the right thing when they moved to the mainland in the thirties?

Oileánach eile ceapann sé go ndearna.

Another islander thinks that he did...