{"id":13043,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=13043"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:13:53","slug":"nora-webster-by-colm-toibin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/nora-webster-by-colm-toibin\/","title":{"rendered":"Nora Webster by Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORA WEBSTER<\/span>            <\/span><\/strong>by<\/span>          <\/span>COLM T\u00d3IB\u00cdN<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

C\u00e9ad-chl\u00f3<\/span> sa bhliain 2014………………<\/span>………………<\/span>……….\u00a313.99<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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

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N\u00ed g\u00e1 a r\u00e1, nach \u00e9 seo an ch\u00e9ad \u00farsc\u00e9al a shil \u00f3 pheann Choilm, n\u00f3 t\u00e1 seacht gcinn d\u2019\u00farsc\u00e9alta sp\u00e9isi\u00fa<\/span>la curth<\/span>a de aige cheana, leabhair ar n\u00f3<\/span>s, <\/span>\u2018<\/span>The Heather Blazing<\/span>\u2019<\/span>, <\/span>\u2018<\/span>The Blackwater Lightship<\/span>\u2019<\/span>, <\/span>\u2018<\/span>The Master<\/span>\u2019,<\/span> agus <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Brooklyn<\/span>\u2019.<\/span> <\/span>In Inis Corthaidh<\/span>, i gContae Loch gCarman,<\/span> a rugadh an t-\u00fa<\/span>dar seo<\/span>, tarraingt ar thr\u00ed sc\u00f3<\/span>r bliain<\/span> \u00f3 shoin<\/span>. <\/span>T\u00e1 c\u00f3na\u00ed air in \u00c1th Cliath. Is d\u00f3cha gur bhunaigh <\/span> s\u00e9 an sc\u00e9al seo ar ch\u00farsa\u00ed a shaoil fh\u00e9in n\u00f3 fuair a athair b\u00e1s agus \u00e9 \u00f3g agus f\u00e1gadh beirt mhac agus beirt in\u00edon ina dhiaidh. Chuir an b\u00e1s sin isteach go m\u00f3r ar Cholm \u00f3g agus labhair s\u00e9 go stadach ar feadh tr\u00e9imhse ina dhiaidh sin. Bh\u00ed an saol dian go maith ar mh\u00e1thair an \u00fadair agus \u00ed<\/span> ag dul i ngleic le t<\/span>\u00f3g\u00e1<\/span>il clainne<\/span> in \u00c9<\/span>irinn na linne sin<\/span>,<\/span> ach l\u00e9ir\u00ed<\/span>onn<\/span> an chaoi ar \u00e9irigh le Colm a bhealach a dh\u00e9<\/span>anamh sa saol<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>l\u00e9i<\/span>r\u00edonn s\u00e9 gur \u00e9irigh go seoigh lei sa ghn\u00f3<\/span> sin.<\/span>  <\/span>N\u00ed g\u00e1 a r\u00e1, go bh<\/span>fuil cl\u00fa agus c\u00e1<\/span>il <\/span>id<\/span>irn\u00e1isi\u00fanta bainte amach ag an \u00fa<\/span>dar seo, <\/span>agus go raibh roin<\/span>n<\/span>t<\/span> <\/span>d\u00e1<\/span> shaothar<\/span> <\/span>ainmnithe do dhuaiseanna<\/span> t\u00e1<\/span>bhachtacha<\/span> liteartha, agus go raibh duaiseanna m\u00f3<\/span>ra bainte amach ag <\/span>\u2018The Master\u2019 agus ag \u2018Brooklyn\u2019, <\/span>p\u00e9ire d\u00e1 chuid \u00farsc\u00e9<\/span>al.<\/span><\/p>

Is \u00ed<\/span> <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Nora Webster<\/span>\u2019 pr\u00edomhcharactar an sc\u00e9<\/span>il seo<\/span>. Maireann s\u00ed i seascaid\u00ed na haoise seo caite agus \u00ed p\u00f3<\/span>sta le <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Maurice<\/span>\u2019, a c\u00e9ile fir. T\u00e1<\/span> ceathrar clainne orthu, <\/span>beirt mhac, Conor agus D\u00f3<\/span>nal<\/span>, <\/span>agus beirt in\u00ed<\/span>on,<\/span> Fiona agus \u00c1ine, ach faraoir g\u00e9<\/span>ar! thit<\/span> an t\u00f3<\/span>in as a<\/span>n<\/span> saol<\/span> orthu<\/span> nuair a bh\u00e1<\/span>saigh Maurice <\/span>agus an <\/span>chlann f\u00f3s \u00f3<\/span>g.<\/span> F\u00e1gadh gan m\u00f3r\u00e1n f\u00e1<\/span>ltais iad<\/span>, ach n\u00ed<\/span> raibh an dara rogha ag Nor<\/span>a ach aghaidh a thabhairt ar ch\u00farsa\u00ed, agus chuile dh\u00edcheall a dh\u00e9anamh teacht i dt\u00edr <\/span>mar ab fhearr a d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh s\u00ed<\/span>.<\/span> Feiceann muid sa mh\u00e9id sin uilig an chos\u00falacht idir cruach\u00e1s Nora agus cruach\u00e1s mh\u00e1thair an \u00fadair.<\/span> Dh\u00edol Nora<\/span> a dt<\/span>each saoire i gCush, rud a d\u2019fh\u00e1<\/span>g roinnt pingneach<\/span>a aici, le bill\u00ed a \u00ed<\/span>oc<\/span>,<\/span> agus <\/span>le goblach a chur i mb\u00e9al na clainne<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>

Tuigeadh do Nora<\/span>,<\/span> nach mbead<\/span>h uirthi dul ar ais ag obair ar\u00ed<\/span>s, ach nuair is c<\/span>rua don chailleach, caithfidh s\u00ed rith, agus ba \u00e9 an sc\u00e9al c\u00e9anna ag Nora \u00e9, agus i ndeireadh na d\u00e1<\/span>la<\/span>, b\u2019\u00e9igean di dul ar ais chuig gn\u00f3<\/span> <\/span>mhuintir Gibney, <\/span>lenar chaith s\u00ed blianta ag obair sular p\u00f3sadh \u00ed. Agus leis an sc\u00e9al a dh\u00e9anamh n\u00ed<\/span>os measa<\/span> f\u00f3s, c\u00e9<\/span> bheadh ina s<\/span>h<\/span>aoiste aici ansin ach<\/span>,<\/span> bean<\/span> a raibh faltanas aici do Nora, agus bean<\/span> n\u00e1<\/span>r thaitin go ro-mhaith lei sna seanlaethe<\/span>. Ach, ar bhealach amh\u00e1<\/span>in <\/span>n\u00f3<\/span> ar bhealach<\/span> eile, d\u2019\u00e9<\/span>irigh lei sa phost<\/span>,<\/span> agus ansin<\/span>, bh\u00ed<\/span> ar a cumas teacht i<\/span> <\/span>dt\u00ed<\/span>r<\/span> air, \u00ed fh\u00e9<\/span>in i<\/span>s a clann. Bean ab ea Nora a bh\u00ed leithleach agus neamhsple\u00e1<\/span>ch<\/span>, agus n\u00ed raibh s\u00e9 \u00e9<\/span>asca<\/span> di dul amach i measc daoine ar\u00ed<\/span>s, ach n<\/span>\u00edor lig s\u00ed<\/span> do na tr\u00e9<\/span>ithe sin laincis ar bith a chur uirthi<\/span>, agus tr\u00ed sp\u00e9<\/span>is a chur i gceol, agus i gc\u00f3<\/span>ir<\/span>, d\u2019\u00e9irigh lei saol nua a chruth\u00fa di fh\u00e9in agus caradas a shn\u00ed<\/span>omh le comharsanna agus <\/span>le gaolta. Tr\u00edd an sc\u00e9<\/span>al ar fad<\/span>, n\u00ed f\u00e9idir leis an l\u00e9itheoir \u00e9al\u00f3 \u00f3 na n\u00f3<\/span>t<\/span>a\u00ed d\u00edrbheathaisn\u00e9ise a chloiseann s\u00e9 go soil\u00e9ir tr\u00ed sc\u00e9a<\/span>l Nora Webster agus a clann<\/span>, agus tuigtear d\u00f3<\/span> freisin<\/span>, nach raibh ar chumas an \u00fa<\/span>dair<\/span>, agus n\u00e1<\/span>r theastaigh uaidh<\/span>, \u00e9al\u00f3 \u00f3n sc\u00e9al c\u00e9<\/span>anna sin.<\/span><\/p>

Tr\u00edd is tr\u00ed<\/span>d<\/span>, is bre\u00e1, suimi\u00fa<\/span>il, corraitheach, cumhach, inchreidte<\/span>, an sc\u00e9al a leagann an t-\u00fadar os \u00e1<\/span>r gcomhair a<\/span>mach, agus mar a fheileann don \u00f3c\u00e1<\/span>id, <\/span>oireann an st\u00edl don sc\u00e9<\/span>al<\/span>,<\/span> agus don saol<\/span> a l\u00e9ir\u00edtear tr\u00edd, saol tuaithe in \u00c9irinn sa dara leath den bhfichi\u00fa haois. Breathnaigh ar th\u00fas an sc\u00e9<\/span>il…<\/span><\/p>

\u201c \u2019You must be fed up of them. Will they never stop coming?\u2019 Tom Connor,<\/span> <\/span>her neighbour, stood at his front door an<\/span>d looked at her, waiting for a <\/span>response.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

B\u2019in iad na <\/span>comharsanna ag teacht le comhbhr\u00f3<\/span>n<\/span> a dh\u00e9anamh<\/span> le Nora<\/span>, i dt\u00fas an sc\u00e9il, at\u00e1 i gceist aige. St\u00edl lom, simpl\u00ed<\/span>, gan aon<\/span> orn\u00e1id\u00edocht, gan aon Aindri\u00fa Martins. St\u00edl an t\u00e9 a bhfuil m\u00e1i<\/span>streacht faighte aige ar a cheird.<\/span><\/p>

Is fada linn uainn a ch\u00e9ad \u00farsc\u00e9<\/span>al eile. <\/span>  <\/span> <\/span><\/p>

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NORA WEBSTER            by          COLM T\u00d3IB\u00cdN C\u00e9ad-chl\u00f3 sa bhliain 2014……………………………………….\u00a313.99 . Peadar Bair\u00e9ad . N\u00ed g\u00e1 a r\u00e1, nach \u00e9 seo an ch\u00e9ad \u00farsc\u00e9al a shil \u00f3 pheann Choilm, n\u00f3 t\u00e1 seacht gcinn d\u2019\u00farsc\u00e9alta sp\u00e9isi\u00fala curtha de aige cheana, leabhair ar n\u00f3s, \u2018The Heather Blazing\u2019, \u2018The Blackwater Lightship\u2019, \u2018The Master\u2019, agus \u2018Brooklyn\u2019. In Inis Corthaidh, i gContae Loch […]<\/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-13043","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\/13043","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=13043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13044,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13043\/revisions\/13044"}],"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=13043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}