{"id":13371,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=13371"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:12:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:12:00","slug":"the-sealed-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/the-sealed-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sealed Letter,"},"content":{"rendered":"

Litir faoi Sh\u00e9ala<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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

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

The Sealed Letter…………..<\/span>……………………………<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

by<\/span>……………<\/span>……………………………………………….<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Emma Donoghue<\/span>………………………………………..<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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

N\u00ed g\u00e1 dhom an t-\u00fa<\/span>dar se<\/span>o a <\/span>chur<\/span> <\/span>in aithne dhaoibh,<\/span> n\u00f3<\/span> nach bhfuil a fhios go maith<\/span> ag chuile dhuine againn gurbh \u00ed a scr\u00edobh an s\u00e1r-leabhar \u00fad, \u201cRoom\u201d, tamall \u00f3<\/span> shoin<\/span>,<\/span> leabhar \u00e9 a chuaigh i gcionn go m\u00f3r ar l\u00e9itheoir\u00ed an tsaoil mh\u00f3<\/span>ir<\/span>, agus d\u00e1<\/span> chomhartha<\/span> sin, t\u00e1 s\u00e9 aistrithe cheana f\u00e9in go dh\u00e1 sc\u00f3<\/span>r teanga eile<\/span>, agus t\u00e1 go leor d<\/span>uaiseanna gn\u00f3<\/span>ite aige<\/span>, \u00f3 cuireadh i gcl\u00f3<\/span> <\/span>\u00e9,<\/span> <\/span>sa bhliain 2010. <\/span>Jack<\/span><\/strong>, a bhaist s\u00ed ar an bpr\u00ed<\/span>om<\/span>hcharachtar sa leabhar sin, gas\u00far \u00f3g c\u00faig bliana d\u2019aois, gas\u00far n\u00e1r leag sp\u00e1g taobh amuigh de bhalla\u00ed an tseomra \u00fa<\/span>d<\/span>, \u00f3 rugadh \u00e9<\/span>, agus anois<\/span>, tosa\u00edonn s\u00e9<\/span> ag <\/span>cur ceistanna ar a Mham faoi ch\u00farsa\u00ed an tsaoil mh\u00f3<\/span>ir ta<\/span>obh amuigh de bhalla\u00ed an tseomra. Tr\u00ed sh\u00faile Jack a cuireadh an s\u00e1r-sc\u00e9al sin in\u00e1r l\u00e1<\/span>thair. <\/span>In \u00c9irinn a rugadh an t-\u00fa<\/span>dar seo<\/span>,<\/span> sa bhliain 1969. Bhain<\/span> s\u00ed C\u00e9im Docht\u00fa<\/span>ireachta amach i Sasana<\/span>, agus t\u00e1 c\u00f3na\u00ed<\/span> uirthi anois i gCeanada.<\/span><\/p>

Carachtair inchreidte<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Ach, n\u00ed<\/span> chuige sin<\/span> uilig<\/span> at\u00e1 m\u00e9, an babhta seo, n\u00f3 n\u00ed air a tharraing m\u00e9 an sc\u00e9<\/span>al, ach ar an leabhar nua seo, <\/span>The Sealed Letter<\/span>,<\/span><\/strong> leis an \u00fadar c\u00e9<\/span>anna sin<\/span>, Emma Donoghue.<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>T\u00e1<\/span> cuid mhaith den leabhar seo bunaithe ar t<\/span>harluithe stairi\u00fala, ach <\/span>ag an am gc\u00e9anna, crutha\u00edonn an t-\u00fa<\/span>dar seo c<\/span>arachtair s<\/span>h<\/span>uimi\u00fa<\/span>la<\/span>,<\/span> inchreidte<\/span>,<\/span> leis <\/span>an sc\u00e9al a chur in\u00e1r l\u00e1thair. Casann an sc\u00e9<\/span>al thart ar <\/span>He<\/span>len Codrington<\/span><\/strong> agus ar a cara dh\u00ed<\/span>lis, <\/span>Emily Faithful<\/span><\/strong>, n\u00f3<\/span> <\/span>Fido,<\/span><\/strong> mar a thugtar uirthi, bun\u00fa<\/span>s an ama<\/span>, sa sc\u00e9<\/span>al seo.<\/span> Bean a <\/span>bh\u00ed<\/span> <\/span>s\u00e1<\/span>ite<\/span> go dt\u00ed<\/span> na cluasa<\/span> i ngluaiseacht na mban i Sasana<\/span>,<\/span> ag an am<\/span>, ba ea Fido<\/span>.<\/span> Ph\u00f3<\/span>s <\/span>Helen Harry Codrington, fear at\u00e1<\/span> ina <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Vice-Admiral<\/span>\u2019 ag t\u00fas an sc\u00e9i<\/span>l seo. Ach, blianta roimhe sin<\/span>, ba dhl\u00fa<\/span>thchairde iad F<\/span>ido agus Helen, cairde chomh dl\u00fath sin gur ch\u00f3<\/span>naigh <\/span>Fido le muintir Codrington, bun\u00fa<\/span>s an am<\/span>a, n\u00f3 d<\/span>healr\u00f3dh s\u00e9, nach raibh an l\u00e1n\u00fain ph\u00f3sta<\/span> sin r\u00f3-chean\u00fail ar a ch\u00e9ile, agus freisin, dhealr\u00f3dh s\u00e9, go mba ch\u00f3<\/span>n<\/span>gara\u00ed an gaol a bh\u00ed idir na mn\u00e1 sin n\u00e1 mar a bh\u00ed<\/span> idir Harry agus Helen.<\/span><\/p>

Scannal<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Tar \u00e9<\/span>is do mhuintir Codrington seal a chaitheamh i Malta<\/span>,<\/span> d\u2019fhill siad ar an mBreata<\/span>in ar\u00ed<\/span>s, agus faoin am sin<\/span>, ba bheag cion, n\u00f3 <\/span>meas<\/span>, a bh\u00ed ag ceachtar den bheirt p\u00f3sta sin ar a ch\u00e9<\/span>ile<\/span>, agus nuair a cuireadh ar a sh\u00fa<\/span>ile don <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Vice-Admiral<\/span>\u2019,<\/span> go raibh a bhean<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>Helen<\/span>,<\/span> ag fealladh air<\/span>, agus go raibh leann\u00e1<\/span>n f<\/span>ir aice le blianta roimhe sin. N\u00ed<\/span> raibh leigh<\/span>eas ar an sc\u00e9<\/span>al sin,<\/span> d\u00e1<\/span>r le Harry, ach colscaradh<\/span> a lorg, agus d\u00e1r nd\u00f3<\/span>igh<\/span>,<\/span> ba scannalach<\/span>, amach agus amuigh, an socr\u00fa \u00e9<\/span> sin<\/span>,<\/span> i Sasana<\/span>, sa mbliain 1866. N\u00ed g\u00e1 a r\u00e1 gur \u00e9<\/span>irigh le H<\/span>elen Fido a tharraing isteach sa scraith ghlugar s\u00f3isialta sin, ach tr\u00ed<\/span> chleas<\/span> na litreach s\u00e9alaithe, d\u2019\u00e9<\/span>irigh le Harry cor in aghaidh an chaim a thabhairt <\/span>di, rud a chuir d\u2019iachall ar Fido, iomp\u00f3 ar a s<\/span>eanchara <\/span>dh\u00edlis <\/span>Helen, rud a chinntigh gur tugadh cead colscartha don <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Vice-Admiral<\/span>\u2019, ach, n\u00ed g\u00e1 a r\u00e1 gur ghreamaigh cuid eic\u00ednt den l\u00e1<\/span>ib <\/span>d\u00edobh uilig, n\u00f3 ba n\u00f3s \u00e9<\/span> an colscaradh nach raibh faiseanta i measc <\/span>na \u2018nuasal<\/span>\u2019, ag an am, ach b\u00edodh nach raibh baint r\u00f3-mh\u00f3r ag Fido leis an sc\u00e9<\/span>al, ba uir<\/span>thi ba throime a luigh an mille\u00e1n toisc n\u00e1r sheas s\u00ed lena dl\u00fa<\/span>thchara, agus chomh maith le sin<\/span>, ba bhean \u00ed ar theastaigh uaithi st\u00e1das na mban sa socha\u00ed a <\/span>ard\u00fa<\/span>,<\/span> agus lena chois sin, ba bhean \u00ed, a bh\u00ed ag brath ar thaca\u00ed<\/span>ocht an phobail<\/span>, le teacht i dt\u00edr mar ghn\u00f3thad\u00f3ir mn\u00e1, i r\u00e9 \u00fad<\/span> na bhfear.<\/span><\/p>

M\u00e1<\/span>s uai<\/span>t fios f\u00e1tha chuile sc\u00e9il a fh\u00e1il, n\u00edl le d\u00e9<\/span>anamh agat ach a<\/span>n leabhar corraitheach seo a fh\u00e1<\/span>il<\/span>, is a l\u00e9amh. T\u00e1 m\u00e9 ag ceapadh go mbainfidh t\u00fa<\/span> toit agus taitneamh as.<\/span>……………..<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>

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

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Litir faoi Sh\u00e9ala Peadar Bair\u00e9ad . The Sealed Letter…………..…………………………… by……………………………………………………………. Emma Donoghue……………………………………….. . N\u00ed g\u00e1 dhom an t-\u00fadar seo a chur in aithne dhaoibh, n\u00f3 nach bhfuil a fhios go maith ag chuile dhuine againn gurbh \u00ed a scr\u00edobh an s\u00e1r-leabhar \u00fad, \u201cRoom\u201d, tamall \u00f3 shoin, leabhar \u00e9 a chuaigh i gcionn go m\u00f3r ar […]<\/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-13371","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\/13371","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=13371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13372,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13371\/revisions\/13372"}],"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=13371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}