Scéal fá dtaobh do m'athair - Máire McDaid
Thu, 10/11/2012 - 14:01 | by Eoghan
= nuair a. Cf. Heinrich Wagner, Linguistic atlas and survey of Irish dialects (4 vols, Dublin, 1958-9), vol. 4, 294, text 5, n. 1. (Back)
= Castlederg. Cf. Wagner, op. cit., 293. (Back)
= ina gcodladh. Cf. Noel McGonagle, 'Three Ulster Features', Éigse 16 (1975-76), 215-20; Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, 'Tá sí ina shuí, etc.' Éigse 17 (1977-79), 89-103. (Back)
= níos. Cf. Dónall Ó Baoill, An teanga bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (Dublin, 1996), 146. (Back)
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Transcript
Bhí m'athair ar an tSrath Bán ag an aonach, agus bhí sé ag marcaíocht ar chapall. Agus bhí sé ag teacht 'na[1] bhaile i lár na hoíche. Bhí cúigear fear a tháinig amach as an phlantáil agus bhí siad ina dhéidh (fá) thrí mhíle. Agus na[2] tháinig sé isteach... na tháinig sé isteach go... go aonach na... aonach na Deirge[3] cha rabh a'n nduine... nach rabh siad uilig... bhí siad uilig ina chodladh[4]. Agus shiúil sé leis go dtáinig sé 'na bhaile. Agus sin... cha dtig liom a'n ndadaí na(s)[5] mó a rá. (Cha dtig liom a'n ndadaí nas mó a rá fá dtaobh de) (...).
Translation
My father was in Strabane at the fair, and he was riding on a horse. And he was coming home in the middle of the night. There were five men who came out of the field and they were after him for three miles. And when he came in... when he came in to... to the fair of... the fair of Castlederg there was nobody... weren't they all... they were all asleep. And he walked on until he came home. And that... I can't say anything else. I can't say anything else about it (...).
Footnotes
= chun an. (Back)= nuair a. Cf. Heinrich Wagner, Linguistic atlas and survey of Irish dialects (4 vols, Dublin, 1958-9), vol. 4, 294, text 5, n. 1. (Back)
= Castlederg. Cf. Wagner, op. cit., 293. (Back)
= ina gcodladh. Cf. Noel McGonagle, 'Three Ulster Features', Éigse 16 (1975-76), 215-20; Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, 'Tá sí ina shuí, etc.' Éigse 17 (1977-79), 89-103. (Back)
= níos. Cf. Dónall Ó Baoill, An teanga bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (Dublin, 1996), 146. (Back)
Commentary
This item is confused and incomplete, and is too short to allow for any clear folkloric analysis. It is transcribed also in Heinrich Wagner and Colm Ó Baoill, Linguistic atlas and survey of Irish dialects (4 vols, Dublin, 1958-69), vol. 4, 293.
Title in English: A story about my father
Digital version published by: Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy
Description of the Recording:
Speaker:
Máire
McDaid from Co. Tyrone
Person who made the recording:
Karl Tempel
Organizer and administrator of the recording scheme: The Royal Irish Academy
In collaboration with: Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Recorded on 05-09-1931 in Courthouse,
Letterkenny. Recorded on 05-09-1931 in Courthouse,
Letterkenny.
Archive recording (ID LA_1281d2, from a shellac disk stored at the
Royal Irish Academy) is 00:46 minutes
long. Archive recording (ID LA_1281d2, from a shellac disk stored at the
Royal Irish Academy) is 00:46 minutes
long.
Second archive recording (ID LA_1281b2, from a shellac disc stored in
Belfast) is 00:46 minutes long. Second archive recording (ID LA_1281b2, from a shellac disc stored in
Belfast) is 00:46 minutes long.
User recording (ID LA_1281d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal
Irish Academy) is 00:43 minutes long. User recording (ID LA_1281d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal
Irish Academy) is 00:43 minutes long.
