Turas Siar 180 - Pádraic Ó Gionnáin (RIP) as Cill Ghallagáin — An aimsir, curadóireacht, fataí, éadálacha, mian ar snámh sa gceantar fadó, an Ghaeilge agus an Ghaeltacht
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The title identifies Pádraic Ó Gionnáin as the speaker, and his location in Cill Ghallagáin suggests he is from the Erris region. The use of dialect-specific vocabulary supports this.
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Because dá dhíolfadh siad.
Because if they sold.. .
Agus tá a fhios ag an lá, a Mháirtín.
And the day knows, Máirtín..
Ceapadh táfála a bhí tú agus thug sé isteach é.
It was a throwing appointment you had and he brought it in.
Agus nuair a d'athraigh an t-ól
And when the drinking changed.
Tháinig sé amach sa tápla agus fuair sé síos aríst agus gur sruth siar ansin aríst é siar go dtí sin thiar.
He came out into the pool and he got down again and it was carried back then again, back to over there in the west.
Ach tháinig siad anuas as Átha Luain lá arna mhárach ná as Gaillimh ná as cibé áit a raibh siad tarm an t-arm.
But they came down from Athlone the next day, or from Galway, or from wherever they were with the army.
Agus phléasc siad thiar ansin ar an mbáid ach bhí gleo leis a Mháirtín nuair a bhí ní raibh a fhios ag duine ar bith cér tada ná iad ach an bhfaca tú aon cheann acu sin ariamh ní fhaca mé iad bhoil chonaic mise ceann acu bhoil chonaic mé chonaic
And they exploded back there on the boats but there was noise with it, Mairtin, when nobody knew who or what they were but did you ever see any of them, I didn’t see them, well I saw one of them, well I saw, I saw.
Agus cé chomh mór agus a bheidís dhá mbeifeá ina sheasamh lena thaobh eile?
And how big would they be if you were standing beside him on the other side?
lena thaobh ó bhí sé chomh mór anois le
beside him since he was so big now with