{"id":12899,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=12899"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:25:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:25:34","slug":"it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times\/","title":{"rendered":"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cRogha na R\u00e9<\/span>anna<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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

(<\/span>This wee<\/em><\/span>k we <\/em><\/span>take a look at our democracy<\/em><\/span>) <\/span><\/strong><\/p>

.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

\u201c<\/span>It was the best of Times<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

\u201c<\/em><\/span>It was the best of t<\/em><\/span>imes, i<\/em><\/span>t was the worst of times<\/em><\/span>, <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.<\/em><\/span>\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

B\u2019in mar a chuir<\/span> Charles <\/span>Dickens t\u00fas lena \u00farsc\u00e9al <\/span>spreag\u00fail, <\/span>c\u00e1ili\u00fa<\/span>i<\/span>l, A Tale of Two Cities, agus d\u00e1r le daoine \u00e1irithe, d\u2019fheilfeadh an cur s\u00edos c\u00e9<\/span>anna s<\/span>in go seoigh mar chur s\u00edos ar an r\u00e9<\/span> seo ina b<\/span>hfuilimid ag maireachtaint <\/span>i dt\u00edr seo na h\u00c9ireann, <\/span>sa l\u00e1<\/span> a<\/span>t\u00e1<\/span> inniu ann. Nach deacair a ch<\/span>reidi\u00faint go bhfeilfeadh an r\u00e1iteas frithr\u00e1iteach thuas le r\u00e9 ar bith, gan tr\u00e1<\/span>cht in aon<\/span> chor ar an r\u00e9<\/span> cantalach, crosta, dothuigthe,<\/span> <\/span>seo<\/span> ina bhfuilimid<\/span>ne<\/span> s\u00e1<\/span>innithe a<\/span>nois. Ach, nuair a scr\u00fada\u00edonn t\u00fa an r\u00e1iteas faoi mhicreasc\u00f3p na staire, tuigfidh t\u00fa<\/span> ansin<\/span> go bhfuil, ar a laghad, s\u00edol na f\u00ed<\/span>rinne folaithe ann.<\/span><\/p>

Conas a d\u2019fh\u00e9adfa\u00ed a leith\u00e9id a r\u00e1<\/span>, an ea?<\/span><\/p>

B<\/span>huel, breathnaigh ar an saol at\u00e1 \u00e1<\/span> chaitheamh ag lucht an airgid<\/span>,<\/span> agus ag lucht na cumhachta<\/span>, sa r\u00e9 iarth\u00edogaireach seo. T\u00e1<\/span> airgead ina m<\/span>h\u00fartha acu, agus chuile sh\u00f3rt a cheanna\u00edonn<\/span> an t-airgead c\u00e9anna sin, earra\u00ed<\/span> cos\u00fail le st\u00e1da<\/span>s, <\/span>compord agus s\u00f3l\u00e1s. Chomh fada is a bhaineann s\u00e9<\/span> leis an dream sin<\/span>, nach \u00e9 an Nollaig \u00f3<\/span> Shamhain <\/span>go Samhain acu \u00e9! Ach t\u00e1 taobh eile ar an sc\u00e9<\/span>al freisin<\/span>, agus s\u00e9<\/span> sin<\/span>,<\/span> tao<\/span>bh na mbocht, taobh na ndaoine \u00fad nach bhfuil acu ach \u00f3n l\u00e1<\/span>mh go <\/span>dt\u00ed san b\u00e9<\/span>al,<\/span> <\/span>gan d\u00ed<\/span>on<\/span>, gan d\u00ed<\/span>dean<\/span>,<\/span> ag roinnt mhaith acu anois<\/span>, agus lucht an ghaimb\u00ed<\/span>n anuas sa mhullach orthu Luan, Satharn agus Domhnach<\/span>, ag iarraidh a bhfuil acu a bhaint d\u00edobh<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>I gc\u00e1<\/span>s na ndaoine sin<\/span>, nach \u00e9 d\u00edogha gach s\u00e9as\u00fa<\/span>ir<\/span> acu \u00e9<\/span>. Sea….. <\/span><\/p>

It is the best of t<\/span>imes, it is the worst of times…<\/span><\/p>

Daonlathaigh! An ea?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Agus muidinne ag ligint orainn gur daonlatha<\/span>igh sinn! Daonlathaigh? adeir t\u00fa! Nach \u00e9<\/span> bun agus barr an daonlathais go gcaitear <\/span>go cothrom mac\u00e1nta le chuile shaor\u00e1nach, n\u00f3 mar adeir For\u00f3<\/span>gra na Poblachta s\u2019againne…<\/span><\/p>

To cherish all the<\/span> children of the nation equally.<\/span><\/p>

Agus leis an sc\u00e9al a dh\u00e9anamh n\u00edos measa, d\u00e1 bhf\u00e9adfa\u00ed sin a dh\u00e9anamh, d\u00e9<\/span>antar roinnt na cai<\/span>ll\u00ed ar ch\u00farsa\u00ed, nuair a bh\u00edonn bunt\u00e1ist\u00ed le bronnadh ar a ch\u00faram ag \u00e1r ndaonlathas, ach, nuair a bh\u00edonn m\u00ed-bhunt\u00e1ist\u00ed le bronnadh, n\u00ed hiad lucht an airgid, n\u00f3 lucht na cumhachta, a bh\u00ed<\/span>onn faoi\u2019n ruball<\/span>, an babhta seo. N\u00ed hiad muis! <\/span>ach<\/span> an<\/span> dream <\/span>gan airgea<\/span>d<\/span>, gan<\/span> c<\/span>h<\/span>um<\/span>hacht, gan st\u00e1das,<\/span> ar\u00ed<\/span>s<\/span>, faoi mar a tharrla\u00edonn chuile bhabhta<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>

Anois, n\u00edlim ag ma\u00edomh gurb \u00e9 sin mo leagan fh\u00e9<\/span>in ar c<\/span>h\u00farsa\u00ed<\/span>, ach gan dabht ar domhan<\/span>, t\u00e1<\/span>id <\/span>ann a chreideann gur mar sin at\u00e1<\/span> in \u00c9irinn na linne seo<\/span>, agus chomh fada is at\u00e1, n\u00ed<\/span> bh<\/span>eidh pobal aontaithe, comharsan\u00fail, daonna, againn sa t\u00edr seo. Le daonlathas ceart, c\u00f3<\/span>ir<\/span>,<\/span> cothrom<\/span>,<\/span> a chur ar bun anseo<\/span>, caithfear na m\u00edbunt\u00e1ist\u00ed<\/span> a roinnt go cothrom, mac\u00e1nta, ar chuile <\/span>shaor\u00e1nach, ch<\/span>omh fada <\/span>agus is f\u00e9idir a leith\u00e9id a dh\u00e9<\/span>anamh, sa chaoi go mbeadh chuile dhui<\/span>ne ag iompar a chuid cothrom fh\u00e9<\/span>in den ualach, agus<\/span> ar an dtaobh eile de\u2019n sc\u00e9al ansin, go gcaithf\u00ed go mac\u00e1<\/span>nta<\/span>,<\/span> cothrom<\/span>, c\u00f3<\/span>ir<\/span>,<\/span> leis-sean freisin<\/span>, i roinnt na mbunt\u00e1ist\u00ed<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>

An bhfuil a leith\u00e9id ind\u00e9<\/span>anta? Ar bhealach, nach <\/span>cuma faoi sin? chomh fada is at\u00e1 an St\u00e1t ar a dh\u00ed<\/span>cheall ag iarraidh an sprioc sin a bhaint am<\/span>ach, mar sa ch\u00e1s sin, tuigfidh an saor\u00e1<\/span>nach nach bhf<\/span>uiiltear ag iarraidh leat<\/span>rom a dh\u00e9<\/span>anamh airsean<\/span>, ach go h\u00e1<\/span>irithe<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>

F\u00fat fh\u00e9in at\u00e1 s\u00e9<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

F\u00e1gfaidh m\u00e9 an chuid eile de r\u00e1iteas Dickens f\u00fat fh\u00e9<\/span>in<\/span>. An n-aont\u00f3f\u00e1sa leis an r\u00e1<\/span>iteas<\/span>, gurbh \u00ed r\u00e9 na heagna agu<\/span>s r\u00e9 na haimid\u00ed a bh\u00ed ann in aimsir an \u00fadair ch\u00e1ili\u00fail sin? A<\/span>gus le dul p\u00edosa eile leis an sc\u00e9al, c\u00e9<\/span>ard faoi\u2019n aois seo \u2018gainne?<\/span><\/p>

Sea, agus c\u00e9ard faoi thr\u00e9<\/span>imhse<\/span> an chreidimh agus<\/span> tr\u00e9<\/span>imhse na <\/span>d\u00ed<\/span>creidmheachta<\/span>? An bhfeilfeadh na t\u00e9arma\u00ed<\/span> sin d\u2019aois Dickens n\u00f3 don aois s\u2019againne?<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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