{"id":13163,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=13163"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:25:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:25:25","slug":"saoire-lunasa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/saoire-lunasa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Saoire Lunasa. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-size:16pt\">I    m B \u00e9 a l     a n     P h o b a i l  .<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16pt\">****************************<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-size:16pt\">The  August  Holiday .  2<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Ar L\u00e1 Saoire L\u00fanasa, shocra\u00edomar ar ghe\u00e1bh a thabhairt siar go D\u00fan Chaoin, le go bhfeicfimis ar\u00eds, \u00e1illeacht agus \u00e9ags\u00falacht na d\u00faiche sin.  An babhta seo \u00e1fach, is amhlaidh a thugamar an b\u00f3thar tr\u00ed Abhainn na Sc\u00e1il orainn fh\u00e9in, agus tar \u00e9is d\u00fainn tamall a chaitheamh sa Daingean, ag tabhairt chuile sh\u00f3rt faoi deara, leanamar orainn i dtreo Fhionn Tr\u00e1, agus uaidh sin ar\u00eds i dtreo Cheann Sl\u00e9ibhe, mar a raibh an Fharraige Mh\u00f3r ar thaobh na ciot\u00f3ige, agus Sliabh scanraitheach an Fhiolair ar thaobh na l\u00e1imhe deise againn.  Nach deacair dul thar radharcra chomh corraitheach sin gan l\u00e1n na s\u00fal a bhaint as, anois is ar\u00eds, fi\u00fa.  Ach, sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inniu ann, agus an oiread sin tr\u00e1chta sin ar bh\u00f3ithre d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id seo, n\u00ed bh\u00edonn an dara rogha ag duine, ach na s\u00faile a choinne\u00e1il d\u00edrithe ar an r\u00f3d a shn\u00edonn, go hanacair, casta, roimhe amach.  <\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-size:16pt\">Slea  Head .<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Nach \u00e1lainn an t\u00edr sin a sh\u00edneann \u00f3 Cheann Sl\u00e9ibhe go D\u00fan Chaoin?  An f\u00e9idir na radharcanna mara is sl\u00e9ibhe sin a sh\u00e1r\u00fa, \u00e1it ar bith ar domhan?  Ach ba \u00e9 an ceann scr\u00edbe a bh\u00ed socraithe againn don l\u00e1 \u00e1irithe sin n\u00f3 \u201cIonad an Bhlascaoid Mh\u00f3ir\u201d, at\u00e1 suite c\u00f3ngarach do bhaile Dh\u00fan Chaoin fh\u00e9in.  N\u00edorbh \u00ed seo an ch\u00e9ad uair againn cuairt a thabhairt ar an Ionad c\u00e9anna seo, ach caithfidh m\u00e9 a admh\u00e1il, go n-\u00e9ir\u00edonn leis m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in a chur faoi gheasa, agus m\u00e9 a mhealladh ar ais chuige, chuile uair a tharla\u00edonn sna b\u00f3la\u00ed c\u00e9anna sin m\u00e9.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-size:16pt\">The  Great  Blasket  Centre .<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Ar deireadh, shroicheamar an tIonad.  Ph\u00e1irce\u00e1il muid an gluaiste\u00e1n in ionad p\u00e1irce\u00e1la an Ionaid, agus ar aghaidh linn isteach.   Bh\u00ed togha na Gaeilge blasta le f\u00e1il istigh, ag an t\u00e9 ar theastaigh a leith\u00e9id uaidh, sea agus fl\u00fairse di freisin.  Caithfidh m\u00e9 a admh\u00e1il, gur thaitin sin go m\u00f3r liom.  Fuaireamar \u00e1r dtic\u00e9id, agus isteach linn san Ionad \u00e1lainn dea-th\u00f3gtha, dea-fheistithe, sin.  <\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Bh\u00ed daoine \u00f3ga linn, agus bh\u00ed ceisteanna acusan le cur orainn, agus thug sin deis d\u00fainne, sc\u00e9al an oile\u00e1in agus a phobail a mh\u00edni\u00fa d\u00f3ibh, chomh fada is a d\u2019fh\u00e9adfaimis \u00e9 sin a dh\u00e9anamh, agus chuamar ar thuras leo, \u00f3 sheomra go seomra, le sc\u00e9al uilig an oile\u00e1in a l\u00e9amh, agus a fheice\u00e1il sna picti\u00fair iomad\u00fala a bh\u00ed crochta chomh cliste sin ar fhalla\u00ed na seomra\u00ed c\u00e9anna sin.  I l\u00e1r na hoibre sin go l\u00e9ir, tugadh leid d\u00fainn, go raibh an Scann\u00e1n Faisn\u00e9ise faoi\u2019n mBlascaod ar t\u00ed tos\u00fa san Amharclann \u00e1lainn at\u00e1 acu san Ionad M\u00ednithe sin.  Thugamar cluas don leid ch\u00e9anna sin, agus thugamar aghaidh ar an Amharclann.  N\u00ed br\u00e9ag ar bith a r\u00e1, gur thaitin an se\u00f3 sin thar barr linne.  Fuaireamar an-tuiscint ann, ar phobal an oile\u00e1in, agus ar a sl\u00ed bheatha agus maireacht\u00e1la, sular chuir eacnama\u00edocht an fichi\u00fa haois cr\u00edoch lena r\u00e9 mar oilean\u00e1igh, agus mar iascair\u00ed a bh\u00ed s\u00e1sta dul i ngleic le cumhacht agus le f\u00edochmhaireacht na Farraige M\u00f3ire.   B\u2019fhearr, agus ba shoil\u00e9ire \u00e1r dtuiscint, ar shaol agus ar shaothar mhuintir an Bhlascaoid, tar \u00e9is d\u00fainn an scann\u00e1n \u00fad a fheice\u00e1il.   Chuamar isteach ansin i seoimr\u00edn eile, agus istigh ansin, bh\u00ed mionsamhail an oile\u00e1in fh\u00e9in, leata os \u00e1r gcomhair amach, ar bhord.  B\u2019\u00e9asca d\u00fainn ansin, c\u00f3sta, c\u00e9, tithe, p\u00e1irc\u00edn\u00ed, b\u00f3ithre, agus eile, a thabhairt faoi deara ansin, agus ar\u00eds, chuir an mhionsamhail sin len\u00e1r dtuiscint ar an timpeallacht inar mhair oilean\u00e1igh ch\u00e1ili\u00fala \u00fad an Bhlascaoid.   In \u00e1it eile f\u00f3s, bh\u00ed sc\u00e9al agus picti\u00fair na n-oile\u00e1nach \u00fad a thug an tOile\u00e1n \u00dar orthu fh\u00e9in, tr\u00e1th raibh r\u00e9 a n-oile\u00e1in fh\u00e9in thart.  Bhainfeadh na picti\u00fair ch\u00e9anna sin deoir asat, ach nach \u2018in an saol agat a mhiceo!  <\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-size:16pt\">Beautiful   D\u00fan   Chaoin .<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">N\u00ed call dom a r\u00e1, nach bhfuil ansin ach roinnt an-bheag den mh\u00e9id a bh\u00ed le feice\u00e1il againn in Ionad Oidhreachta an Bhlascaoid Mh\u00f3ir, Ionad \u00e1lainn a t\u00f3gadh ansin i nD\u00fan Chaoin, agus \u00e9 ag breathn\u00fa amach ar an mBlascaod M\u00f3r agus ar an \u00e1l oile\u00e1n at\u00e1 scaipthe thart air, amuigh ansin i ngiorracht fad urchar m\u00e9ar\u00f3ige don t\u00edr mh\u00f3r, faoi mar a cheapf\u00e1. Chhomh luath is a d\u2019fh\u00e1gamar D\u00fan Chaoin, ar \u00e1r mbealach arais, d\u2019\u00edsligh dl\u00fathchheo dra\u00edochta anuas ar muir is ar t\u00edr, ionas nach raibh radharc le f\u00e1il againn a thuilleadh, ar oile\u00e1n \u00e1lainn an Bhlascaoid, n\u00f3 ar na hoile\u00e1in eile a mhaireann faoina sc\u00e1th.  Ach, n\u00e1r chuma linne, nach raibh \u00e1r nd\u00f3thair feicthe againn don l\u00e1 \u00e1irithe sin, agus nach mbeid\u00eds uilig ansin, nuair a d\u2019fhillfeadh muid, an ch\u00e9ad bhabhta eile.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Ar \u00e1r mbealach ar ais ar an gCom, bhuaileamar isteach tigh Phaud\u00ed U\u00ed Sh\u00e9, i bhFionn Tr\u00e1, agus chaitheamar l\u00f3n ann, l\u00f3n a chuir c\u00fal ar \u00e1r dtart agus ar \u00e1r n-ocras, go ceann scathaimh mhaith, ach go h\u00e1irithe.  Thugamar cuairt ar Sh\u00e1ip\u00e9al Chaitl\u00edona at\u00e1 in aice l\u00e1imhe, agus chuir \u00e1illeacht agus atmosf\u00e9ar ci\u00fain, s\u00edoch\u00e1nta, an tSaip\u00e9il cheanna faoi gheasa sinn.  <\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-size:16pt\">The  Son  of  the  Virgin   Lives !<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Chuireamar an-sp\u00e9is go deo sa phicti\u00far at\u00e1 deartha go heala\u00edonta taobh thiar den alt\u00f3ir, sa tS\u00e1ip\u00e9al c\u00e9anna sin.  C\u00e9n picti\u00far, an ea?   Coileach, ina sheasamh ar imeall phota, agus \u00e9 ag glaoch&#8230;..  \u201cMac na h\u00d3ighe Sl\u00e1n.\u201d N\u00ed call dom a r\u00e1, gur smaoinigh m\u00e9 l\u00e1ithreach ar Pheig Sayers, agus ar an sc\u00e9al at\u00e1 le l\u00e9amh ag duine, sa leabhar sin \u201cPeig\u201d, faoin ais\u00e9ir\u00ed. <\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">I ndiaidh an tsosa sin i bhFionn Tr\u00e1, thugamar aghaidh ar\u00eds ar an gCom, agus n\u00ed haithristear sc\u00e9ala ar bith orainn gur bhaineamar ceann \u00e1r scr\u00edbe amach.  Agus le sin, cuirfidh m\u00e9 cr\u00edoch le sc\u00e9ala \u00e1r saoire ar an gCom, i L\u00fanasa na bliana seo, 2004.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">**************<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Peadar Bair\u00e9ad.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">**************<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. I m B \u00e9 a l a n P h o b a i l . **************************** . The August Holiday . 2 Ar L\u00e1 Saoire L\u00fanasa, shocra\u00edomar ar ghe\u00e1bh a thabhairt siar go D\u00fan Chaoin, le go bhfeicfimis ar\u00eds, \u00e1illeacht agus \u00e9ags\u00falacht na d\u00faiche sin. An babhta seo \u00e1fach, is amhlaidh a thugamar [&hellip;]<\/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-13163","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\/13163","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=13163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13164,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13163\/revisions\/13164"}],"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=13163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}