{"id":12435,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=12435"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:14:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:14:46","slug":"eachtraigh-duinn-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/eachtraigh-duinn-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Eachtraigh Duinn 39."},"content":{"rendered":"

fiontar<\/span>, undertaking; <\/span>bh\u00ed breall orm<\/span>, I was mistaken; <\/span>ag pocl\u00e9imnigh le h\u00e1thas<\/span>, jumping for joy; <\/span>f\u00e9idearthachta<\/span>, possibilities; <\/span>ar an d\u00e1 luathas<\/span>, as soon as possible; <\/span>fadcheannach<\/span>, far-seeing<\/span>; athl\u00e1imhe<\/span>, secondhand; <\/span>c\u00e1b\u00f3g<\/span>, clodhopper. <\/span><\/p>

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Eachtraigh D\u00fainn <\/span><\/p>

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Peadar Bair\u00e9ad<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cMarian\u201d Days<\/span><\/p>

Mar a mh\u00ednigh m\u00e9 cheana dhuit, chuaigh m\u00e9 i mbun oibre i gCol\u00e1iste Mhuire Cois Abhann (Marian College), t\u00fas Mhe\u00e1n F\u00f3mhair na bliana 1958, tar \u00e9is d\u00fainn cr\u00e1 cro\u00ed agus c\u00e9asadh a fhulaingt, agus muid ar th\u00f3ir t\u00ed san Ardchathair, i rith an tSamhraidh ch\u00e9anna sin. Ba bheag \u00e9 m\u2019eolas-sa ar ch\u00farsa\u00ed tith\u00edochta, n\u00f3 limist\u00e9ir, in \u00c1th Cliath ag an am, agus bheinn ag s\u00fail go gcabhr\u00f3dh lucht na Scoile liom as bhfiontar sin. Tharla, gur theastaigh m\u00fainteoir uathusan, agus d\u00e1 th\u00faisce a nd\u00e9anfa\u00ed an fhadhb sin a r\u00e9iteach, <\/span>gurbh amhlaidh ab fhearr d\u00f3ibhsean freisin \u00e9. Bh\u00ed breall orm \u00e1fach, agus bh\u00ed orm m\u00edonna fada a chaitheamh ar bhusanna, agus ag cois\u00edocht, ar fud na cathrach, s\u00e1ra bhfuair m\u00e9 teach, ar deireadh thiar thall, amuigh i gCluain Tarbh, aistear fada go leor \u00f3n \u00e1it a mbeinn i mbun oibre inti, \u00f3 l\u00e1 go l\u00e1, feasta. Nuair a thug m\u00e9 an dea-sc\u00e9al sin d\u2019\u00fadar\u00e1is na Scoile, ba \u00e9 freagra a fuair m\u00e9 n\u00f3 \u201cBhuel, n\u00edl muid ag pocl\u00e9imhnigh le h\u00e1thas d\u00e1 bharr, ach d\u00e9anfaidh s\u00e9 c\u00fais.\u201d \u201cAn bhail ch\u00e9anna oraibhse\u201d arsa m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in faoi<\/span> m\u2019fhiacail, agus tonn aif\u00e9ala ag scuabadh tharam faoi gur fh\u00e1g m\u00e9 Col\u00e1iste Mhuireadhaigh a ch\u00e9aduair, \u00e1it a raibh m\u00e9 faoi mheas, agus faoi chion, i measc mo mhuintir fh\u00e9in. <\/span><\/p>

N\u00edor mhair sin i bhfad, \u00e1fach, agus ba ghearr gur tuigeadh dom, go raibh f\u00e9idearthachta sa phost nua seo, agus gur ormsa a bh\u00ed, chuile bhunt\u00e1iste a bhaint as na f\u00e9idearthachta c\u00e9anna sin.<\/span><\/p>

A Different World<\/span><\/p>

Luigh m\u00e9 isteach ar an obair faoi mar a bheadh Dia \u00e1 r\u00e1 liom, ach ag an am gc\u00e9anna, thabharfadh duine ar bith faoi deara, go raibh difir, agus difir mh\u00f3r, idir mhuintir an Iarthair agus lucht na hArdchathrach. Ar an gc\u00e9ad dul s\u00edos, bh\u00ed i bhfad n\u00edos m\u00f3 dalta\u00ed ag freastal ar mo Scoil nua, agus d\u00e9arfainn nach raibh s\u00e9 chomh h\u00e9asca acu an Ghaeilge a fhoghlaim, is a bh\u00ed thiar. Chomh maith le sin, is d\u00f3cha gur l\u00fa a meas ar, idir theanga agus chult\u00far. D\u00e1 n\u2019iarrf\u00e1 orthu \u00e1r gcluich\u00ed N\u00e1isi\u00fanta a ainmni\u00fa, chuile shea<\/span>ns gur Rugar agus Sacar a gheof\u00e1 mar fhreagra, agus an tr\u00e1th \u00fad, n\u00edorbh \u00e9 sin an leagan amach a bh\u00ed ar ch\u00farsa\u00ed i measc Gael, murab ionann is faoi mar at\u00e1 c\u00farsa\u00ed sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inniu ann. Sea, agus b\u00ed ag caint ar a meas ar mhuintir na tuaithe! B\u2019fh\u00edor bheag \u00e9, d\u00e1 mba ann in aon chor d\u00f3! N\u00ed raibh ann, d\u00e1r leosan, ach an chathair, agus a muintir, agus \u00e9inne a mhair taobh amuigh de theorainneacha na cathrach, n\u00edorbh fhi\u00fa tr\u00e1cht orthu, n\u00f3 n\u00ed raibh iontusan ach lucth na bportach. Anois, nuair a chuireann t\u00fa an c\u00falra<\/span> sin san \u00e1ireamh, nach gceapf\u00e1 go mbeadh fonn orm an chathair sin is a raibh inti a thr\u00e9igint, ar an d\u00e1 luathas, ach n\u00ed mar sin a bh\u00ed, n\u00f3 thug m\u00e9 faoi\u2019n ngn\u00f3 a bh\u00ed idir l\u00e1mha agam, le flosc is le fuadar, agus, d\u00e9arfainn fh\u00e9in, fi\u00fa sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inni\u00fa ann, gur \u00e9irigh liom dul i gcionn ar bhun\u00fas na ndalta\u00ed a th\u00e1inig faoi mo ch\u00faram, agus nuair a d\u2019fh\u00e1g m\u00e9 an scoil sin, tar \u00e9is na seacht mbliana \u00fad a chaitheamh inti, chreidfinn fh\u00e9in go mba Ghaela\u00ed an dearcadh a bh\u00ed ag na scol\u00e1ir\u00ed a raibh baint agamsa leo. Agus fi\u00fa<\/span>, n\u00e1r mheallas Donncha \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in fh\u00e9in isteach chugainn le f\u00e1inn\u00ed \u00f3ir a bhronnadh ar shl\u00e1m maith dalta\u00ed a shroich caighde\u00e1n ard sa Ghaeilge labhartha, ag an am. D\u00e1la an sc\u00e9il, nach raibh Ardeaspag \u00c1tha Cliath, an Docht\u00fair Diarmaid \u00d3 M\u00e1irt\u00edn fh\u00e9in, ar dhuine de na dalta\u00ed c\u00e9imi\u00fala a bh\u00ed againn, i Marian, ag an am <\/span>sin, sea mh\u2019anam, agus n\u00e1rbh \u00e9 an gas\u00far \u00e9irimi\u00fail, cliste, fadcheannach \u00e9 fiu, i rith na mblianta sin, fad\u00f3, i gcaogaid\u00ed na haoise seo caite.<\/span><\/p>

Wheels at Last.<\/span><\/p>

Tar \u00e9<\/span>is dom cupla bliain, n\u00f3 tr\u00ed, a chaiteamh ag baint \u00fas\u00e1ide as C\u00f3ras Iompair \u00c9ireann mar ch\u00f3ir taistil, agus tar \u00e9is dom bheith tuirseach traochta \u00f3 bheith ag iarraidh an scoil a bhaint amach in am, chuile mhaidin, d\u2019\u00e9irigh liom seanghluaiste\u00e1n athl\u00e1imhe a cheannacht, leis an ngn\u00f3 ceanna sin a dh\u00e9anamh dom feasta. \u00d3, a Thiarcais! n\u00e1rbh uaf\u00e1sach an gn\u00f3 \u00e9 gluaiste\u00e1n a thiom\u00e1int ar shr\u00e9ideanna naofa \u00c1tha Cliath? Chaith m\u00e9 roinnt mhaith ama, ar dt\u00fas, ag cleachtadh ar na b\u00f3ithre, agus ar na sr\u00e1ideanna, thart ar mo<\/span> chomharsanacht fh\u00e9in, i gCluain Tairbh. Tar \u00e9is roinnt ama, bh\u00ed de mhisneach agam tiom\u00e1int chomh fada le Baile na gCorr, agus fi\u00fa, chomh fada \u00f3 bhaile le Binn \u00c9adair fh\u00e9in. Ansin, ar deireadh thiar thall, tharla go raibh l\u00e1 saoire \u00f3n scoil agam, agus shocra\u00edomar ar dhul ar sheilg chomh fada le D\u00fan Laoghaire! N\u00ed dh\u00e9anfaidh m\u00e9 dearmad ar an aistear sin go deo na ndeor. N\u00ed raibh c\u00farsa\u00ed chomh dona sin ar fad, chomh fada is a bh\u00ed m\u00e9 ag tiom\u00e1int ar bh\u00f3ithre a raibh aithne, n\u00f3 breacaithne fh\u00e9in fi\u00fa, agam orthu, <\/span>ach nuair a chuaigh m\u00e9 trasna na Life go dufair dheisceart na cathrach, agus nuair a bh\u00ed m\u00e9 ag iarraidh mo bhealach a dh\u00e9anamh tr\u00ed shr\u00e1ideanna nach bhfaca m\u00e9 riamh roimhe sin, ba bheag n\u00e1r thit an t-anam asam. Stop an gluaistean ina staic i l\u00e1r na sr\u00e1ide, cupla babhta, agus n\u00ed bheadh sin chomh dona sin ar fad, ach bh\u00ed bus ollmh\u00f3r dh\u00e1 st\u00f3r taobh thiar d\u00edom, agus an maist\u00edn sin de thiom\u00e1na\u00ed ag lu\u00ed ar adharc an bhus, feadh an ama, ag iarraidh an ch\u00e1b\u00f3g coille sin, a bh\u00ed os a chomhair amach, a scuabadh as a shl<\/span>\u00ed. \u00d3! d\u00e1 bhfeicfe\u00e1 m\u2019aghaidh ag an am sin! bh\u00ed s\u00ed lasta suas go bun na gcluas. Ach, m\u00e1s fada an l\u00e1 tagann an tr\u00e1thn\u00f3na, agus ba \u00e9 an d\u00e1la c\u00e9anna agamsa \u00e9, agus ar deireadh thiar, tar \u00e9is chuile dheacracht a sh\u00e1r\u00fa, shroich m\u00e9 D\u00fan Laoghaire, agus bhaineamar s\u00e1samh agus sult as an l\u00e1 sin a chaitheamh ag guairdeall timpeall an bhaile cuain sin. Ach, d\u00e1r nd\u00f3igh, bh\u00ed an aistear fada \u00f3 Dh\u00fan Laoghaire ar ais go Cluain Tairbh le tiom\u00e1int agam f\u00f3s, ach, tar \u00e9is a raibh fulaingte <\/span>agam ar maidin, bh\u00ed cine\u00e1l misnigh aga<\/span>m ansin, agus d\u2019\u00e9irigh liom mo bhealach a dh\u00e9anamh abhaile, gan str\u00f3 ar bith, agus \u00f3n l\u00e1 sin amach, n\u00ed raibh fait\u00edos ar bith orm an gluaiste\u00e1n a thiom\u00e1int \u00e1it ar bith sa chathair, n\u00f3 faoin tuath fh\u00e9in, ar choin\u00edoll go raibh staid\u00e9ar d\u00e9anta agam ar l\u00e9arsc\u00e1il na d\u00faiche sin, agus mo bhealach pioctha amach go c\u00faramach agam, roimh r\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>

Not all plain sailing<\/span><\/p>

\u00d3n l\u00e1 sin amach, n\u00ed raibh m\u00e9 ag brath feasta ar Ch\u00f3ras Iompar \u00c9ireann le mo chuid tiom\u00e1na a dh\u00e9anamh dom, n\u00f3 go gairid ina dhiaidh sin, n\u00ed raghainn thar cupla c\u00e9ad slat sl\u00ed \u00f3 mo dhoras fh\u00e9in, gan mo ghluaiste\u00e1n a thabhairt liom. Anois, cheap m\u00e9 nach mbeadh str\u00f3 ar bith orm feasta, bheith in am do mo chuid oibre, ach n\u00ed mar a sh\u00edltear a bh\u00edtear, go minic, agus ba \u00e9 an d\u00e1la c\u00e9anna agamsa \u00e9. Cinnte, n\u00ed bheadh str\u00f3 ar bith orm an t-aistear sin a dh\u00e9anamh, taobh istigh d\u2019am \u00e1irithe, ach n\u00ed tharl\u00f3dh a leith\u00e9id, <\/span>d\u00e1 dtiocfadh tada sa mbealach, le moill a chur orm, agus an tr\u00e1th \u00fad, bh\u00edodh capaill f\u00f3s ag tarraingt cairteacha ollmh\u00f3ra tr\u00ed shr\u00e1ideanna pl\u00f3daithe na cathrach, agus d\u00e1 dtarl\u00f3dh fear acusan romhat ar maidin, bheadh s\u00e9 chomh maith duit dul ag feada\u00edl, n\u00f3 n\u00ed bheadh seans ar bith agat bheith ag an scoil in am. Ba ansin a thuig m\u00e9, den ch\u00e9ad uair, go raibh seans i bhfad n\u00edos fearr ag lucht taisteal Ch\u00f3ras Iompar \u00c9ireann, a gceann scr\u00edbe a shroichint in am, n\u00e1 mar a bh\u00ed ag lucht na gcarranna pr\u00edobh\u00e1ideacha. Ach <\/span>tr\u00edd is tr\u00edd, bh\u00ed m\u00e9 s\u00e1sta go maith lem\u2019 chuidse den mhargadh sin, agus leis na deacrachta\u00ed \u00fad a sh\u00e1r\u00fa, n\u00ed raibh le d\u00e9anamh agam ach an teach a fh\u00e1g\u00e1il beag\u00e1in\u00edn n\u00edos luaithe ar maidin.<\/span><\/p>

Time for a Change<\/span><\/p>

Le himeacht na mblianta \u00e1fach, thug m\u00e9 faoi deara, go raibh faid ag teacht san am a th\u00f3gadh s\u00e9 orm an t-aistear trasna na cathrach a dh\u00e9anamh, maidin is tr\u00e1thn\u00f3na, agus b\u00edodh go mb\u00ednn \u00e1balta, i dtosach b\u00e1ire, teacht abhaile don l\u00f3n, i l\u00e1r an lae, de r\u00e9ir mar a chuaigh an tr\u00e1cht i m\u00e9ad, chuireadh sin go m\u00f3r leis an am sin, agus ba \u00e9 an ch\u00e9ad rud a rinne m\u00e9, n\u00f3 l\u00f3n a th\u00f3g\u00e1il liom chun na scoile, ionas nach mbeadh orm an turas sin abhaile a dh\u00e9anamh i l\u00e1r an <\/span>lae, agus n\u00edos d\u00e9ana\u00ed f\u00f3s, tug m\u00e9 faoi deara, go dt\u00f3gadh s\u00e9 thart ar chuig n\u00f3imead sa bhreis, leis an turas sin a dh\u00e9anamh, \u00f3 bhliain go ch\u00e9ile, agus th\u00e1inig an l\u00e1, mar sin, nuair a d\u00fairt m\u00e9 liom fh\u00e9in, go raibh an iomarca ama \u00e1 chaitheamh agam ag taisteal, agus \u00f3 tharla go raibh c\u00faiseanna eile sa treis freisin, shocraigh muid, mar chlann, go raibh an t-am tagtha leis an gcathair a thr\u00e9igint, agus post eic\u00ednt a lorg th\u00edos faoin dtuath.<\/span><\/p>

Tharla sin i dt\u00fas na scoilbhliana 1966\/67, agus b\u2019in an t-am a chonaic m<\/span>\u00e9 an f\u00f3gra \u00f3 Chol\u00e1iste Chiar\u00e1in, i gCill Chainnigh, san Independent, \u00e1 r\u00e1 go raibh m\u00fainteoir Gaeilge uathu. Chuir m\u00e9 isteach ar an bpost sin agus fuair. <\/span><\/p>

B\u00ed liom an ch\u00e9ad bhabhta eile, nuair a thos\u00f3idh m\u00e9 ag cur s\u00edos ar mo laethe anseo sa Chathair \u00c1lainn, cois Feoire. <\/span><\/p>

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fiontar, undertaking; bh\u00ed breall orm, I was mistaken; ag pocl\u00e9imnigh le h\u00e1thas, jumping for joy; f\u00e9idearthachta, possibilities; ar an d\u00e1 luathas, as soon as possible; fadcheannach, far-seeing; athl\u00e1imhe, secondhand; c\u00e1b\u00f3g, clodhopper. . . Eachtraigh D\u00fainn . Peadar Bair\u00e9ad . \u201cMarian\u201d Days Mar a mh\u00ednigh m\u00e9 cheana dhuit, chuaigh m\u00e9 i mbun oibre i gCol\u00e1iste Mhuire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12436,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12435\/revisions\/12436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}