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Aon uair a <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d\u2019fheic<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">eadh<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> mo thuismit<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">h<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">eoir\u00ed muid amuigh sa gha<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">rd\u00edn ag <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">cice\u00e1il liathr\u00f3<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">e,<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">bhuail<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">id\u00eds<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> siad ar an bhfuinneog agus iad ag <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">screadach<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> \u201cAmach as <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">n<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">gaird\u00edn, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">scriosfaidh sibh \u00e1r r\u00f3sanna!\u201d Ach <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">n\u00ed stadaimis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, mar <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">nach raibh <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> Corn Domhanda ar si\u00fal agus m\u00e9 chun <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">cic pion\u00f3is a sc\u00f3r\u00e1il.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> Go minic, bh\u00edodh \u00e1r <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ndearth\u00e1ireacha<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> agus deirfi\u00faracha ag imirt linn agus bh\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">odh<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> an-c<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">h<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">raic againn go l\u00e9ir. <\/span><\/p><!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- wp:freeform --><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:10pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.8\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Uaireanta, th\u00e9adh Tom\u00e1s agus m\u00e9 f\u00e9in ar eachtra\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">le ch\u00e9ile, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">barra\u00edocht sam<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">h<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">la\u00edochta againn<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Bh\u00ed sean comhbhuainteoir <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">a raibh <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">c<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">uma na scr\u00edbe air ina su\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">sa ghort taobh thiar de theach Thom\u00e1is. Chaith<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">im<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">is <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">go leor ama ann gach samhradh. D\u00fainne, n\u00ed comhbhuainteoir a bh\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">odh<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> i gceist, ach <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">sp\u00e1s<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00e1<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">rthach<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ag taisc\u00e9<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">aladh an r\u00e9altra. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">D\u2019fhaighimis \u00e1r<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> spreagadh \u00f3 \u2018The Invaders\u2019 agus \u2018Star Trek\u2019, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">sraitheanna <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">fi<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">csean<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> eola\u00edochta a bh\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00e1 craoladh ag <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">RT\u00c9<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> a<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">g<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> an am. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">D\u2019im<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00edodh<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> gach rud eile as radharc agus bh\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">mis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> sa sp\u00e1s, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ag troid le sp\u00e1s\u00e1rthaigh eachtr\u00e1n<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> \u2013 agus an bua againn gach am! Thug<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">aimis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> cuairt<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">eanna<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ar phl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00e1<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">in<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00e9i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">nua agus chasa<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">imis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> le <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">heacht<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">r<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00e1in, idir <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">chairde agus na<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">imhde<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">. Faoi dheireadh, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ch<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">luinimis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> mam Thom\u00e1is <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ag scairteadh orainn agus dh\u00fais\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">mis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> \u00f3n\u00e1r mbriongl\u00f3id\u00ed don l\u00e1 sin<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">. Ach bh\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">m<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">s <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ar ais ar an sp\u00e1s<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00e1<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">rthach an ch\u00e9ad seans eile a bh\u00edodh againn.<\/span><\/p><!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- wp:freeform --><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:10pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.8\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Bh\u00ed teach<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">iarg\u00falta suas an <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">b\u00f3thar<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> amuigh faoin tuata<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">c\u00e9 go raibh daoine ina gc\u00f3na\u00ed ann, n\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">bh\u00edodh duine a<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">r<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> bith le feice\u00e1il riamh<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ann<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Bh\u00ed rud \u00e9igin m\u00edcheart, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">b\u2019\u00e9igean d\u00fainn spiaireach<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">t<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> a dh\u00e9anamh ar <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">na comharsana sin, chun a fh\u00e1il <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">amach cad a bh\u00ed ar si\u00fal acu. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Bh\u00ed coill bheag in aice <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">leis an teach<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, agus bh\u00edod<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">h<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> Tom\u00e1s agus m\u00e9 f\u00e9in <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">in\u00e1r bhfolach ann, ag iarraidh <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">muintir an t\u00ed a fheice\u00e1il. Is cos\u00fail nach spiair\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">maithe muid mar, in ainneoin an t-uaf\u00e1s ama a <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">chaithimis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ag spiaireach<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">t, n\u00ed fhacamar <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">muintir an t\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> fi\u00fa uair amh\u00e1in. N\u00f3 b\u2019fh\u00e9idir g<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">o raibh siad<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">san<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ina spiair\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">proifisi\u00fanta<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, agus ag d\u00e9anamh monat\u00f3ireacht orainn. Tar \u00e9is tamaill, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d'\u00e9ir\u00edomar<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> neirbh\u00edseach<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> agus tuirseach den obair sin<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">th\u00e1inig<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> deireadh<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> luath<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> leis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> \u00e1r <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ngairmea<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">cha<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> bheatha <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">mar bhleachtair\u00ed.<\/span><\/p><!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- wp:freeform --><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:10pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.8\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Thaitin <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">popcheol go m\u00f3r leis an mbeirt againn, agus b\u2019aoibhinn linn a bheith ag \u00e9isteacht le <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ceol na linne ar <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Raidi\u00f3<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> Luxembourg ar 208 FM<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">. Bh\u00ed raidi\u00f3 trasraitheora againn sa bhaile, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">gach tr\u00e1thn\u00f3na Domhna<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">igh<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> nuair a bh\u00edodh an aimsir go bre\u00e1<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d\u2019fhaighinn <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ar iasacht \u00e9. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Th\u00e9imis ar shi\u00fal\u00f3id suas an bh\u00f3thair<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> p\u00edosa<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> go dt\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00e1it chi\u00fain<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> iarg\u00falta, trasna an bh\u00f3thair \u00f3n teach thuasluaite, mar a tharla<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">. Shu<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">m<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">s s\u00edos agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">chuirimis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> an <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">raidi\u00f3<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ar si\u00fal<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ar 208FM, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d'\u00e9istimis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> leis an \u2018Top 20\u2019 le Kid Jensen. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Bh\u00edm<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">s sna flaithis bheaga ag \u00e9isteacht leis <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> 20<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> amhr\u00e1n <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">a raibh <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">r\u00e1chairt<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ba mh\u00f3 orthu an tseachtain sin.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> Is cuimhin liom <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ceo<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">l<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">t\u00f3ir<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00ed agus banna\u00ed cos\u00fail le: Don McClean, Slade, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Gary Glitter, Gilbert O\u2019Sullivan, Diana Ross, The Who<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, Winds, David Bowie, Mott the Hoople<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> agus T-Rex<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">chun ach sampla beag a lua. B\u2019aoibhinn linn<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">na fuaimeanna nua \u00fara nua-aimseartha<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> a chloiste\u00e1il ar an raidi\u00f3 sin, a raibh cuid mhaith acu ina <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">n-<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00e9istph\u00e9isteanna. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">F\u00f3s f\u00e9in, suas go dt\u00ed an l\u00e1 seo, nuair a chloisim <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">foinn as an am sin, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">tugann s<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">iad <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ar ais m\u00e9 chuig laethanta <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">m\u2019\u00f3ige<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> \u2013 na <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">fuaimeanna, na <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">bolaithe, na radhairc<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> agus na moth\u00fach\u00e1in \u00f3 am at\u00e1 imithe le fada<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Go h\u00e1irithe, nuair a chloisim \u2018Get it on (bang a gong) \u00f3 T-Rex, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">b\u00edm <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i mo dh\u00e9ag\u00f3ir ar thaobh an bh\u00f3thair le mo chara Tom\u00e1s, ag \u00e9isteacht <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">leis an <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">amhr\u00e1n<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ar an<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">raid<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00f3<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> trasraitheora sin. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Nach maith is cuimhin liom na laethanta sin. N\u00edor inis m\u00e9 an rud ba ghreannmha<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ire<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">a tharla\u00edodh <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d\u00fainn <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">nuair a bh\u00edm<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">s ag \u00e9isteacht leis an \u2018Top 20\u2019. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> N\u00ed bh\u00edmis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> in\u00e1r n-aonar <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">mar lucht \u00e9isteachta.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Nuair a <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">thionta\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">mis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> thart, bh\u00edodh tr\u00e9ad b\u00f3 ina seasamh<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ag <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> gcla\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">agus iad <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">faoi dhra\u00edocht an cheoil \u2013 d\u00edreach cos\u00fail le Tom\u00e1s agus m\u00e9 f\u00e9in!<\/span><\/p><!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- wp:freeform --><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:10pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.8\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;height:1em\"><span style=\"display:none\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- wp:freeform --><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:10pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.8\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;height:1em\"><span style=\"display:none\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- wp:freeform --><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:10pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.8\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;height:1em\"><span style=\"display:none\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><!-- \/wp:freeform -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dirbheathaisneis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13978","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13978"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13999,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13978\/revisions\/13999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}