{"id":13353,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=13353"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:13:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:13:27","slug":"the-footman-by-a-o_connor-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/the-footman-by-a-o_connor-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Footman by A O_Connor 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Bonnaire<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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The Footman…<\/span><\/strong>by<\/span>…A. O\u2019 Connor<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

C\u00e9adchl\u00f3<\/span>…<\/span>……………………………<\/span>2015<\/span><\/p>

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

(This week we review A. O\u2019 Connor\u2019s historic novel, <\/span>The Footman.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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F\u00e9<\/span>ach orm anois!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

San<\/span> <\/span>\u00farsc\u00e9al seo tugann an t-\u00fadar, Andrew<\/span> O\u2019 Connor, spl\u00e9achadh d\u00fainn, i dtosach b\u00e1ire, ar ar bpr\u00ed<\/span>omhcharactar, Joseph <\/span>Grady,<\/span> sa bhliain 1988,<\/span> <\/span>agus \u00e9<\/span> anois <\/span>ina sheascaid\u00ed, agus \u00e9<\/span> <\/span>ina abhch\u00f3ide c\u00e1ili\u00fail i mbu<\/span>n oibre i gc\u00fa<\/span>irt i Londain Shasana<\/span>,<\/span> ag<\/span>us tr\u00ed \u00fas\u00e1<\/span>id a bhaint<\/span>, den ch\u00e9<\/span>ad <\/span>uair riamh, as fianaise an DNA \u00e9ir\u00edonn leis a chruth\u00fa<\/span> gurb<\/span>h \u00ed an c\u00fais\u00ed<\/span> <\/span>fh\u00e9in a mharaigh a c\u00e9<\/span>ile fir<\/span>,<\/span> agus<\/span> tr\u00ed<\/span>d an bhua sin<\/span> \u00e9ir\u00edonn leis freisin cur lena ch\u00e1il mar abhch\u00f3<\/span>ide<\/span> den scoth<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>

Ar ball, l\u00e9<\/span>igh an <\/span>t-abhch\u00f3ide c\u00e1ili\u00fa<\/span>il sin<\/span> cuntas<\/span> i nuacht\u00e1<\/span>n<\/span> faoi<\/span> bhean eile a gabhadh<\/span>, agus a rabhthas lena c\u00faiseadh i nd\u00fanmhar\u00fa a c\u00e9<\/span>ile fir<\/span> freisin, ach amh\u00e1<\/span>in<\/span>, gur tharla an mar\u00fa sin thart ar dh\u00e1 sc\u00f3r bliain roimhe sin. Sa ch\u00e1s seo \u00e1<\/span>fach<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>ba dhuine den uasaicme \u00ed an c\u00fais\u00ed, in\u00edon an T\u00ed Mh\u00f3<\/span>ir, Cliffenden House, arbh ainm di Cassandra Fullerton.<\/span> <\/span>Bh\u00ed a hainm i mb\u00e9<\/span>al an phhobail le blianta fada fa<\/span>o<\/span>in am sin<\/span>, agus \u00ed<\/span> daortha<\/span>,<\/span> crochta<\/span>, cheana f\u00e9<\/span>in<\/span>, ag bun\u00fa<\/span>s <\/span>m\u00f3r <\/span>an phobail.<\/span>  <\/span>Chuir Joseph Grady s<\/span>uim agus dh\u00e1 shuim sa sc\u00e9al sin<\/span> l\u00e1<\/span>ithrach bonn<\/span>, n\u00f3 bh\u00ed<\/span> seanaithne aige ar Cliffenden House<\/span>,<\/span> agus ar mhuintir Fullerton <\/span>freisin, n\u00f3 nuair nach raibh s\u00e9 ach sna d\u00e9<\/span>aga<\/span>,<\/span> sa bhliain 1937<\/span>, d\u2019\u00e9irigh leis post a fh\u00e1<\/span>il<\/span> <\/span>mar Footman<\/span> i gCliffenden House<\/span>,. B\u00ed ag caint ar<\/span> an d<\/span>\u00e1<\/span> shaol<\/span>! agus<\/span> n\u00e1rbh \u00e9<\/span> an <\/span>Joseph c\u00e9anna sin a chonaic an d\u00e1<\/span> shaol<\/span> sin<\/span>. Bh\u00ed<\/span> i dtosach<\/span>,<\/span> saol na mbocht<\/span>,<\/span> agus ansin<\/span>,<\/span> ar an dtaobh eile,<\/span> bh\u00ed saol an mhadaidh bh\u00e1<\/span>in<\/span>, faoi mar a chaith muintir an T\u00ed Mh\u00f3<\/span>ir<\/span> \u00e9. <\/span><\/p>

Joe ina Bhonnaire!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

A<\/span>ch cib\u00e9 faoi sin, d<\/span>\u2019<\/span>\u00e9irigh le Joseph post a fh\u00e1<\/span>il i gCliffenden<\/span> House, a bhu\u00ed<\/span>ochas si<\/span>n, cuid mhaith, do Cassandra, n\u00f3<\/span> Cassie, faoi mar a thugadh a cairde uirthi. <\/span>N\u00edorbh aon rib\u00edn r\u00e9<\/span>idh<\/span> \u00e9, \u00e1<\/span>fach<\/span>, an buitl\u00e9<\/span>ir<\/span> a bh\u00ed mar mh\u00e1<\/span>istir ag <\/span>Joseph<\/span>, le linn a thr\u00e9imhse sa Teach M<\/span>\u00f3<\/span>r sin. tharla ca<\/span>irdeas idir Cassie agus Joseph \u00f3 th\u00fas, agus bhain sise \u00fas\u00e1<\/span>id as<\/span> Joe le teachtaireachta\u00ed i iompar di go dt\u00ed<\/span> Bow<\/span>den Grey, fear \u00f3g san \u00e1<\/span>it<\/span>, a raibh s\u00ed i ngr\u00e1<\/span> leis.<\/span> <\/span>T<\/span>heastaigh \u00f3 thuist\u00ed C<\/span>assie <\/span>\u00e1fach, <\/span>go bp\u00f3sfadh s\u00ed<\/span> bainc\u00e9ir<\/span> saib<\/span>hir \u00f3 Mheirice\u00e1,<\/span> Wally Stanton,<\/span> n\u00f3, leis an bhf\u00edrinne a r\u00e1, bh\u00ed ganntanas airgid ag teacht idir iad fh\u00e9in agus codladh na ho\u00edche,<\/span> ach bh\u00ed<\/span> ceatai sa sc\u00e9<\/span>al sin<\/span>, n\u00f3 n\u00ed<\/span> raibh fonn ar b<\/span>ith ar C<\/span>assie an fear sin a ph\u00f3sadh, n\u00f3 bh\u00ed s\u00ed<\/span> splanctha i ndiaidh Bowden.<\/span> <\/span>Lean an sc\u00e9al sin amhlaidh ar feadh tr\u00e9<\/span>imhse, ach <\/span>nuair a th\u00e1inig an cr\u00fa<\/span> ar an tairne <\/span>agus n<\/span>uair a chuir na tuist\u00ed br\u00fa ar C<\/span>assie an bainc\u00e9ir sin, Wally Stanton, a ph\u00f3sadh, shocraigh s\u00ed fh\u00e9in agus Bowden Grey \u00e9al\u00f3 leo go Meirice\u00e1<\/span>. Agus ionas nach mbeadh fi<\/span>os a dhath faoi sin ag na tuist\u00ed, n\u00f3<\/span> ag<\/span> Wally, lig Cassie uirthi go bp\u00f3sfadh s\u00ed<\/span> Wally<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>sa tsl\u00ed go nglanfadh Wally fiacha an T\u00ed Mh\u00f3<\/span>ir, ach ag an am <\/span>gc\u00e9anna <\/span>sin<\/span>,<\/span> shocraigh Bowden go raibh an t-am tagtha<\/span>, agus thug s\u00e9<\/span> litir do Joe le tabhairt do Cassie<\/span>, ag moladh di \u00e9al\u00f3 agus buaileadh leis in \u00e1it speisialta, taobh istigh de chupla l\u00e1<\/span>. Ag an am sin<\/span>, shocraigh Joe, tar \u00e9<\/span>is <\/span>d\u00f3 an litir<\/span> sin<\/span> a oscailt agus a l\u00e9<\/span>amh, gan an lit<\/span>ir<\/span> a thabhairt do Cassie, n\u00f3 tuigeadh d\u00f3, go mbeadh post mar bhuilt\u00e9ir le f\u00e1<\/span>il aige<\/span> fh\u00e9in i<\/span> <\/span>dtigh Wally, d\u00e1 bp\u00f3<\/span>sfadh Cassie Wally<\/span>, agus tuigeadh d\u00f3<\/span> freisin<\/span>, go mbeadh saol n\u00edos fearr i nd\u00e1n do Cassie sa ch\u00e1<\/span>s sin<\/span>, n\u00e1<\/span> mar a <\/span>bheadh aici d\u00e1 <\/span>   <\/span>n-\u00e9al\u00f3dh s\u00ed le Bowden Grey. Bheul! Ph\u00f3<\/span>s Cassie Wally<\/span>, n\u00f3<\/span> tuigeadh di<\/span>, gur <\/span>thr\u00e9ig Bowden \u00ed, agus n\u00ed<\/span>orbh fhada gur tuigeadh di<\/span> freisin,<\/span> go <\/span>raibh bot\u00fan doleigheasta d\u00e9anta aici. <\/span><\/p>

Cassie ar a C<\/span>oime\u00e1<\/span>d!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Tharla go raibh <\/span>Wally agus Cassie<\/span> <\/span>i bP\u00e1ras<\/span> le linn an chogaidh<\/span>, agus ba \u00e9 cr\u00edoch an sc\u00e9<\/span>il <\/span>sin n\u00f3 gur mharaigh Cassie a c\u00e9ile fir<\/span> agus gur \u00e9<\/span>iri<\/span>g<\/span>h lei \u00e9al\u00f3<\/span> <\/span>\u00f3n dl\u00ed agus teach i<\/span>ostais a fh\u00e1il agus a riar<\/span>, ar feadh blianta fada, ach <\/span>\u2018<\/span>d\u00e1 fhaid a th\u00e9<\/span>ann an sionnach beirtear sa deireadh air<\/span>\u2019<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>faoi mar <\/span>adeir an seanfhocal<\/span>, agus ba \u00e9 an sc\u00e9al c\u00e9anna \u00e9 i gc\u00e1<\/span>s Cassie, agus<\/span> ba ansin a l\u00e9igh Joe faoin sc\u00e9<\/span>al<\/span>, agus d\u00e1r nd\u00f3<\/span>igh<\/span>, b\u2019eisean a fosta\u00edodh len \u00ed a chosaint os comhair na c\u00fa<\/span>irte. <\/span><\/p>

Ar \u00e9<\/span>irigh le Joe \u00ed<\/span> a shaoradh? A<\/span>gus c\u00e9ard a thar<\/span>l<\/span>a ina dhiaidh sin? Bhuel , caithfidh t\u00fa an leabhar sin a fh\u00e1<\/span>il<\/span>, is a l\u00e9<\/span>amh<\/span>, le fios f\u00e1<\/span>tha gach s<\/span>c\u00e9il a fh\u00e1il amach duit fh\u00e9in, ach t\u00e1 m\u00e9 cinnte go mbainfidh t\u00fa taitneamah as an sc\u00e9<\/span>al seo<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>

An-l\u00e9amh. An-sc\u00e9al. An-st\u00edl. An-sc\u00e9ala\u00ed<\/span>. Is fi\u00fa go maith \u00e9 a l\u00e9<\/span>amh. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>

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An Bonnaire . The Footman…by…A. O\u2019 Connor C\u00e9adchl\u00f3………………………………2015 Peadar Bair\u00e9ad (This week we review A. O\u2019 Connor\u2019s historic novel, The Footman. . F\u00e9ach orm anois! San \u00farsc\u00e9al seo tugann an t-\u00fadar, Andrew O\u2019 Connor, spl\u00e9achadh d\u00fainn, i dtosach b\u00e1ire, ar ar bpr\u00edomhcharactar, Joseph Grady, sa bhliain 1988, agus \u00e9 anois ina sheascaid\u00ed, agus \u00e9 ina […]<\/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-13353","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\/13353","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=13353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13354,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13353\/revisions\/13354"}],"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=13353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}