{"id":14090,"date":"2025-04-17T00:29:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T00:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=14090"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:19:50","slug":"litir-o-mheiricea-an-troid-in-aghaidh-na-holagarcachta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/litir-o-mheiricea-an-troid-in-aghaidh-na-holagarcachta\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from America - the fight against oligarchy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_audio audio=&#8221;https:\/\/mickgb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Litir-o-Mheiricea-An-troid-in-aghaidh-na-holagarcachta.m4a&#8221; 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Caithfidh t\u00fa rud \u00e9igin a r\u00e1; caithfidh t\u00fa rud \u00e9igin a dh\u00e9anamh.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.38); font-size: x-large;\">-John Lewis (1940-2020) &#8211; gn\u00edomha\u00ed sna St\u00e1it Aontaithe ar son chearta an duine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">N\u00ed h\u00e9 seo an t-am a bheith ci\u00fain anseo i Meirice\u00e1, agus an daonlathas i mbaol b\u00e1is. T\u00e1 s\u00e9 in am d\u00fainn an f\u00f3d a sheasamh go poibl\u00ed, ar mhaithe leis an daonlathas a chosaint in aghaidh garbhaol na holagarcachta. Is \u00e9 an rud is measa d\u00fainn n\u00e1 a bheith ci\u00fain, gan aon rud a r\u00e1 faoi cad at\u00e1 ar si\u00fal faoin\u00e1r s\u00faile. T\u00e1 formh\u00f3r na bPoblacht\u00e1nach s\u00e1sta suigh siar sa rialtas gan rud ar bith a dh\u00e9anamh, agus an tUachtar\u00e1n Trump agus a chomhghleacaithe ag d\u00e9anamh dam\u00e1iste buan don rialtas feidear\u00e1lach, agus ag s\u00e1r\u00fa an bhunreachta n\u00edos dalba gach l\u00e1. N\u00edl P\u00e1irt\u00ed na nDaonlathaithe n\u00f3 na Neamhsple\u00e1igh ag d\u00e9anamh a nd\u00f3thain ach an oiread \u2013 le c\u00fapla eisceacht shuntasach. T\u00e1 an Seanad\u00f3ir neamhsple\u00e1ch (Vermont) Bernie Sanders agus an t-ionada\u00ed Daonlathach (Nua Eabhrac) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) ar chamchuairt pholaiti\u00fail mh\u00f3r sna St\u00e1it Aontaithe faoi l\u00e1thair, darb ainm \u2018An Troid in aghaidh na holagarcachta\u2019. N\u00ed raibh siad ag s\u00fail leis na taifid tinrimh at\u00e1 \u00e1 f\u00e1il acu ar fud na t\u00edre. Seachtain \u00f3 shin, d\u2019fhreastal m\u00e9 ar ag\u00f3id \u00e1iti\u00fail eile sa bhaile ina bhfuil c\u00f3na\u00ed orm i gContae San Diego, agus ba sh\u00f3l\u00e1s dom a bheith ann, le daoine eile nach bhfuil s\u00e1sta fanacht sa bhaile gan aon rud a dh\u00e9anamh tr\u00edd an gcaimil\u00e9ireacht at\u00e1 ar si\u00fal i Washington DC. Nuair a chuala m\u00e9 go mbeadh Bernie Sanders agus AOC ag teacht ar cuairt go Los Angeles, bh\u00ed s\u00e9 \u00e9asca an cinneadh a dh\u00e9anamh freastal ar an \u00f3c\u00e1id speisialta sin!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Fight Autocracy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Ar 12 Aibre\u00e1n fuaireamar (m\u00e9 f\u00e9in agus mo bhean ch\u00e9ile) an traein go cro\u00edl\u00e1r Los Angeles (Union Station) go moch ar maidin. Tar \u00e9is si\u00fal\u00f3id ghearr chuig P\u00e1irc Gloria Molina, chuamar isteach tr\u00ed gheata\u00ed sl\u00e1nd\u00e1la. N\u00edor gh\u00e1 d\u00fainn a bheith ann chomh luath, mar bh\u00ed polaiteoir\u00ed \u00e1iti\u00fala agus aoichainteoir\u00ed de chuid ceardchumann \u00e9ags\u00fail ar an st\u00e1itse le linn na maidine. Chuamar amach ag lorg bia tar \u00e9is tamaill\u00edn, mar bh\u00ed scuain\u00ed fada ag fanacht ar na carranna l\u00f3nad\u00f3ireachta agus ar na leithris inaistrithe. Bh\u00ed an t-\u00e1dh dearg orainn, mar fuaireamar c\u00fairt bhia gar don ph\u00e1irc, agus bh\u00ed l\u00f3n deas againn roimh theacht ar ais.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Thosaigh na pr\u00edomhimeachta\u00ed i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre ag a haon a chlog tr\u00e1thn\u00f3na, nuair a th\u00e1inig Joan Baez ar an st\u00e1itse. D\u2019oscail s\u00ed leis an amhr\u00e1n t\u00edre &#8220;Ain&#8217;t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around,&#8221; agus bh\u00ed an slua ag li\u00faireach go hanam\u00fail nuair a chan s\u00ed liric\u00ed nua ag r\u00e1 &#8220;N\u00ed ligfidh m\u00e9 d&#8217;aon fhoirchinigh gheala m\u00e9 a chasadh timpeall&#8221; agus &#8220;N\u00ed ligfidh m\u00e9 do na billi\u00fana\u00ed gr\u00e1nna sin m\u00e9 a chasadh timpeall.&#8221; Lean s\u00ed le \u201cThere But For Fortune,\u201d chomh maith le cl\u00fadach corraitheach ar \u201cImagine\u201d le John Lennon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Chuir Baez a d\u00edmheas in i\u00fal do riarach\u00e1n Trump an mh\u00ed seo caite, nuair a bh\u00ed s\u00ed mar aoi ar an gcl\u00e1r teilif\u00edse \u201cEverybody\u2019s Live With John Mulaney\u201d le John Mulaney agus d\u00fairt s\u00ed \u201cgo bhfuil \u00e1r ndaonlathas ag dul tr\u00ed thine!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Th\u00e1inig an t-amhr\u00e1na\u00ed is scr\u00edbhneoir Maggie Rogers ar an st\u00e1itse ansin, agus chan s\u00ed \u201cDifferent Kind of World\u201d, \u201cLight \u00d3n\u201d agus \u201cAlaska\u201d. Th\u00e1inig Baez ar ais chun an st\u00e1itse agus chan siad \u201cAmerica the Beautiful\u201d le ch\u00e9ile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Fuair Neil Young an seal roimh AOC agus Sanders, ag teacht amach lena ghiot\u00e1r leictreach agus a org\u00e1n b\u00e9il, ag canadh leis an slua \u201cT\u00f3g America ar ais\u201d (Take America back) agus cumhachtchorda\u00ed \u00e1 seinm aige ar an ngiot\u00e1r. Sheinn Young \u201cRainbow of Colours\u201d, \u201cTake America back\u201d ar\u00eds, agus ag deireadh a l\u00e9iri\u00fa chan s\u00e9 \u201cRockin\u2019 in the Free World\u201d le Baez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>AOC agus Bernie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Ansin bh\u00ed s\u00e9 in am do AOC teacht ar an st\u00e1itse. N\u00edor chuir s\u00ed fiacail ann, ag r\u00e1 gur am scanr\u00fail \u00e9 seo. \u201cT\u00e1imid ag f\u00e9achaint ag comharsana, mic l\u00e9inn agus cairde ag cailli\u00faint a bpoist; t\u00e1 siad \u00e1 gciapadh agus fi\u00fa fuadaithe ag an rialtas.\u201d D\u00fairt s\u00ed freisin go bhfuil cumhacht, c\u00edocras agus caimil\u00e9ireacht ag glacadh seilbh ar an t\u00edr faoi l\u00e1thair i sl\u00ed nach bhfacthas a leith\u00e9id riamh cheana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Nuair a th\u00e1inig Bernie Sanders ar an st\u00e1itse, bh\u00edomar go l\u00e9ir ar b\u00eds. D\u00fairt s\u00e9 linn go raibh 36,000 d\u00fainn i l\u00e1thair, rud n\u00e1r mhaith le Trump agus Musk a fheice\u00e1il. \u201cIs r\u00e9 \u00e9 seo ina bhfuil an p\u00e1irt\u00ed Poblacht\u00e1nach ina chultas, ag g\u00e9illeadh do gach mian at\u00e1 ag Trump,&#8221; a d\u00fairt Sanders linn, ag cur leis go bhfuil riarach\u00e1n Trump anois &#8220;ag beart\u00fa conas is f\u00e9idir leo $1.1 trilli\u00fan a thabhairt mar bhunt\u00e1ist\u00ed c\u00e1nach don lucht airgid&#8221;. D\u00fairt s\u00e9 freisin gur r\u00e9 f\u00edorchont\u00fairteach at\u00e1 ann faoi l\u00e1thair, agus go mbeidh tionchar nach beag ag \u00e1r bhfreagra, n\u00ed hamh\u00e1in orainn f\u00e9in, ach ar na gl\u00faine at\u00e1 le teacht. D\u00fairt s\u00e9 c\u00fapla rud eile a chuaigh i bhfeidhm go m\u00f3r orm. \u201cN\u00edl m\u00e9 ag r\u00e1 a thuilleadh go bhfuil muid ag bogadh i dtreo na holagarcachta, t\u00e1im ag r\u00e1 go bhfuil muid anois ag maireacht\u00e1il i socha\u00ed olagarcachta.\u201d D\u00fairt s\u00e9 freisin \u201cIn\u00e1r ndaonlathas, n\u00ed m\u00f3r d\u00fainn stop a chur le billi\u00fanaithe a bheith in ann toghch\u00e1in a cheannach!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Concl\u00faid<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Sin ach c\u00fapla sampla beag as a raibh le r\u00e1 ag AOC agus Bernie Sanders, ach rinne m\u00e9 iarracht bunbhr\u00ed a n-\u00f3r\u00e1id\u00ed a chur in i\u00fal duit. N\u00edl m\u00e9 in ann na moth\u00fach\u00e1in a mh\u00edni\u00fa duit, ach an oiread. Ach bh\u00edomar thuas seal th\u00edos seal, idir gh\u00e1ire agus ghol, agus na moth\u00fach\u00e1in ag rith tharainn go l\u00e9ir a bh\u00ed i l\u00e1thair. Ach tr\u00edd is tr\u00edd, b\u2019eisp\u00e9ireas spreag\u00fail \u00e9 d\u00fainn go l\u00e9ir a d\u2019fhreastail ar an sl\u00f3gadh seo. N\u00edlimid in\u00e1r n-aonar, agus n\u00edlimid gan chumhacht. Ach is g\u00e1 d\u00fainn go l\u00e9ir seasamh suas gach uair a fheicimid rud m\u00edcheart \u00e1 dh\u00e9anamh ag an rialtas, agus cur ina choinne i ngach sl\u00ed dhleathach is f\u00e9idir linn. 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ndearna m\u00e9 cairde d\u00f3ibh d\u00e1 bhr\u00ed sin.<\/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\">B\u2019aoibhinn liom saol an l\u00e9inn, agus bh\u00ednn ag staid\u00e9ar n\u00f3 ag l\u00e9amh gach seans a bh\u00edodh agam. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Sheas m\u00e9 amach <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">mar b\u2019fhearr le beagnach gach dalta eile sa scoil a bheith taobh amuigh, ag imirt le ch\u00e9ile. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Bh\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">c\u00fapla dalta eile <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">a raibh suim acu sna ruda\u00ed c\u00e9anna<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> liomsa<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">bh\u00edomar an-mh\u00f3r le ch\u00e9ile \u00f3n t\u00fas. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Aithn\u00edonn 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style=\"font-size:14pt\">an<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">dara <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">b<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">h<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">uachaill b<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">a bhige<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> sa suanl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">os, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">bh\u00edodh na dalta\u00ed eile ag pleidhc\u00edocht le ch\u00e9ile roimh <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d\u00fainn <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">dul a chodladh<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> gach o\u00edche<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> De ghn\u00e1th n\u00ed bh\u00ednn p\u00e1irteach sna cluich\u00ed sin<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, c\u00e9 go mb\u00edodh an buachaill ba bhige, Se\u00e1n <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00d3\u2019C\u00faiv<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, i l\u00e1r an aicsin<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> gach uair<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> Bh\u00ed asma orm agus n\u00ed raibh m\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">r\u00f3l\u00e1idir<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, d\u00e1 bhr\u00ed sin. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Nuair a chloiseadh Jackie <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">screadach<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ag teacht amach an doras <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">g<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">o dt<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> an <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">seomra<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ina raibh s\u00e9 f\u00e9in, thagadh s\u00e9 isteach agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">shocra<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">dh s\u00e9 s\u00edos muid. Ansin, mh\u00fachadh s\u00e9 an solas. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Th\u00e9imis a chodladh ar an toirt, mar bh\u00edodh tuirse orainn tar \u00e9is na ranganna, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> sta<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00e9ir<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">tar \u00e9is a bheith ag imirt agus ag rith <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">aon seans<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> 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\">Mar nach mb\u00ednn ag pleidhc\u00edocht leis na buachaill\u00ed eile, tharraing m\u00e9 a n-aird orm, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">bh\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">s ag cur ceisteanna orm ag iarraidh a thuiscint c\u00e9n f\u00e1th nach raibh m\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">p\u00e1irteach leo sna cluich\u00ed a bh\u00edodh acu san o\u00edche. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">N\u00ed raibh m\u00e9 ag iarraidh go mbeadh cuma <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an lagrach\u00e1in orm, agus rinne m\u00e9 leithsc\u00e9al eile go raibh tuirseach orm n\u00f3 rud <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00e9igin<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> mar sin. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Ach n\u00edor chreid na <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">buachaill\u00ed focal de, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">thosa\u00edodar ag caitheamh anuas orm gach o\u00edche. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Uair amh\u00e1in, chonaic Jackie <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">m\u00e9 ag caochadh na s\u00fal chun c\u00fal a choinne\u00e1il ar n<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">a<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> deora. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Bh\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">focal aige liom go discr\u00e9ideach, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d\u2019iarr <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">s\u00e9 orm<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> cad a bh\u00ed ar si\u00fal.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> D\u2019inis m\u00e9 d\u00f3 go raibh na buachaill\u00ed eile sa suanl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">os <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ag seasamh le ch\u00e9ile i m\u2019aghaidh, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ag caitheamh masla\u00ed liom agus ag tabhairt ainmneacha gr\u00e1nna orm.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> Sm\u00e9id s\u00e9 a cheann <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">agus d\u2019imigh leis.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">I<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">s cuimhin liom f\u00f3s gur stad na masla\u00ed agus na hainmneacha roimh i bhfad<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">. Thosaigh na buachaill\u00ed eile ag d\u00e9anamh comhr\u00e1 liom, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">tar \u00e9is tamaill\u00edn <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">bh\u00ed m\u00e9 ar mo chompor<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">d<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> sa suanl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">os, agus ag g\u00e1ire agus ag caint <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">le gach buachaill ann. <\/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\">An<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ch\u00e9ad uair eile a bh\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">torann ard sa suanl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">os, rith Jackie isteach chun stop a chur leis. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">D\u2019fh\u00e9ach s\u00e9 go heolach orm, agus d\u00fairt s\u00e9: \u201cAgus tusa freisin<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">, a Mhich\u00edl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> -<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> ar ais go dt\u00ed do chill\u00edn<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">agus t\u00f3g do <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">phili\u00far leat<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">!<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u201d Leath meangadh m\u00f3r g\u00e1ire ar <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">a<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> aghaidh, agus amach an doras leis. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Ba dhuine de na leaideanna m\u00e9 anois, agus bh\u00ed m\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an-bhr\u00f3d\u00fail<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> as sin.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/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\">N\u00edl a fhios agam f\u00f3s cad a rinne Jackie <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">sa ch\u00falra, ach t\u00e1 s\u00e9 soil\u00e9ir go <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">raibh <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">c\u00fapla focal aige le gach ceann de na leaideanna<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">. Mar go raibh meas m\u00f3r ag gach duine againn ar Jackie, d\u2019\u00e9isteamar <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">lena raibh<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> le r\u00e1 aige d\u00fainn. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Rinne s\u00e9 an gn\u00f3 <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i ngan fhios dom, ach ag <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> am c\u00e9anna thuig m\u00e9 go ndearna s\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an gn\u00f3. D\u2019fhoghlaim m\u00e9 ceacht <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">iontach at\u00e1 r\u00e1ite go maith ag \u00e1r sinsear: is ioma\u00ed sl\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">chun beith\u00edoch a fheannadh. Gan dabht, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">is \u00ed ta<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">dhleoireacht an tsl\u00ed is fearr chun a dheimhni\u00fa go mbeadh su\u00edoch\u00e1in ann. Bh\u00ed saol n\u00edos fearr agam ar scoil tar \u00e9is sin, agus <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">t\u00e1im <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">an-bhu\u00edoch<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">i gc\u00f3na\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">do Jackie as a <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">ndearna<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> s\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">dom.<\/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 --><!-- 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":[33,35,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cursai-reatha","category-nuacht-idirnaisiunta","category-tuairim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14090","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=14090"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14098,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14090\/revisions\/14098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}