{"id":11961,"date":"2017-04-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=11961"},"modified":"2024-04-08T00:41:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T00:41:21","slug":"a-writer-by-accident-gaughan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/a-writer-by-accident-gaughan\/","title":{"rendered":"A Writer by Accident. Gaughan."},"content":{"rendered":"

Thug m\u00e9 suntas d\u00f3<\/span>, I noticed it; <\/span>i bhfast\u00f3<\/span>, entangled; <\/span>go smior na gcn\u00e1mh<\/span>, totally involved (to the marrow of the bones); <\/span>bainteach le<\/span>, involved in; <\/span>screamh na mac\u00e1ntachta<\/span>, a crust of honesty; <\/span>cuirfidh me cnaipe leat<\/span>, I\u2019ll bet you a button.<\/span><\/p>

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I mB\u00e9al an Phobail<\/p>

Recollections of a Writer by Accident<\/p>

by………………… J. Anthony Gaughan<\/p>

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By Accident<\/p>

Th\u00edos i Leabharlann an Locha Bhu\u00ed a bh\u00ed m\u00e9 an l\u00e1 cheana, agus m\u00e9 ag iarraidh teacht ar leabhar eic\u00ednt, le seal l\u00e9itheoireachta a bhaint as, nuair a th\u00e1inig m\u00e9 ar <\/span>Recollections of a Writer by Accident<\/span>. Don chl\u00fadach a thug m\u00e9 suntas i dtosach, n\u00f3 ar an gcl\u00fadach c\u00e9anna sin bh\u00ed grianghraf de roinnt \u00e1irithe d\u2019\u00e1r scr\u00edbhneoir\u00ed c\u00e1ili\u00fala, daoine ar n\u00f3s, John B. Keane, Brendan Keneally, Frank O\u2019Connor, S\u00e9amus Heaney, Bryan McMahon, agus tuilleadh. Caithfidh m\u00e9 a admh\u00e1il freisin, gur chuir m\u00e9 suim in ainm an \u00fadair fh\u00e9in, n\u00f3 n\u00ed dh\u00e9arfainn go raibh an oiread sin aithne curtha agam ar a shaothar thar na blianta, b\u00edodh go raibh s\u00e9 ag scr\u00edobh leis go r\u00e1bach, os \u00edseal, thar na blia<\/span>nta fada. Tuigeadh dom, i dtosach, go mba dhuine \u00f3n Iarthar a bh\u00ed agam ann, n\u00f3 is l\u00edonmhar an cine iad na G\u00e1chanaigh thiar againne in Iorras. Bh\u00ed breall orm sa mh\u00e9id sin \u00e1fach, n\u00f3 ba ghearr go bhfuair m\u00e9 amach, go mba Chiarra\u00edoch go smior na gcn\u00e1mh \u00e9 an scr\u00edbhneoir c\u00e9anna seo, J. Anthony Gaughan.<\/span><\/p>

Cen cineal leabhair ata idir chamain againn anseo, an ea?<\/span><\/p>

Recollections<\/p>

Bhuel, d\u2019fh\u00e9adf\u00e1 cuimhn\u00ed cinn, n\u00f3 d\u00edrbheathaisn\u00e9is, a thabhairt air, ach chomh fada is a bhaineann s\u00e9 liomsa, is cuimhn\u00ed cinn at\u00e1 i gceist anseo, ina leagann an t-\u00fadar, os \u00e1r gcomhair amach, na tarl\u00faint\u00ed, agus na scr\u00edbhneoir\u00ed, a chuaigh i gcionn air mar dhuine a ndeachaigh fr\u00edd\u00edn\u00ed na scr\u00edbhneoireachta i bhfast\u00f3 i smior na gcn\u00e1mh ann, le linn d\u00f3 bheith ag treabhadh <\/span>iomaire eile ar fad i bhf\u00edonghort an Tiarna. Sea, mh\u2019anam, agus n\u00edor bheag \u00e9 a shaothar scr\u00edbhneoireachta, fi\u00fa d\u00e1 mba dhuine \u00e9 a raghadh i gcionn na ceirde sin go l\u00e1naimseartha. Agus tar \u00e9is dom an leabhar c\u00e9anna sin a l\u00e9amh, geallaimse dhuit \u00e9, n\u00e1rbh \u00e9 mo thuairim fh\u00e9in, gur de thaisme a thug s\u00e9 faoin gceird sin, n\u00f3 is scr\u00edbhneoir scili\u00fail, ild\u00e1nach, n\u00e1d\u00fartha \u00e9, a bhfuil bua scr\u00edbhneoireacht gafa go smior na gcn\u00e1mh ann.<\/span><\/p>

Style and Sincerity<\/p>

Caithfidh m\u00e9 a admh\u00e1il, go ndeachaigh idir st\u00edl agus phearsantacht an \u00fadair i gcionn go m\u00f3<\/span>r orm, le linn dom an leabhar seo a l\u00e9amh. T\u00e1 de bhua ag an nG\u00e1chanach gur f\u00e9idir leis an l\u00e9itheoir a chur faoi gheasa, lena dh\u00e1ir\u00edreacht, lena scil, agus lena thaighde. N\u00ed br\u00e9ag a r\u00e1 go bhfuil blas na scol\u00e1ireachta, agus boladh na taighde agus na daonnachta, le f\u00e1il ar a shaothar. F\u00e9ach mar a chuireann s\u00e9 t\u00fas leis an leabhar seo:-<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI was born in Listowel in 1932. Like most of my fellow-townspeople mine was only a second-generation Listowel family. My grandfather, John Broderick (known as John Broder\/Brua<\/span>dair before moving into the town) was born in 1863 into a large family on a small farm in Gortdromagowna in the parish of Moyvane\/Knockanure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Rud a fh\u00e1gann go bhfuil s\u00e9 ag tarraingt ar thr\u00ed bliana d\u00e9ag is tr\u00ed sc\u00f3r faoin am seo, aois an-oiri\u00fanach le bheith ag dul siar b\u00f3ithr\u00edn na smaointe, agus ag baili\u00fa na gcuimhn\u00ed cinn chomh tiubh g\u00e9ar agus is f\u00e9idir le duine a dh\u00e9anamh. Bh\u00ed cuid den cheart agam, i dtosach b\u00e1ire, n\u00f3 n\u00edor Lios Tuathailigh \u00f3 dh\u00fachas iad na G\u00e1chanaigh, n\u00f3 labhrann an t-\u00fadar faoi Catherine Br<\/span>oderick, daughter of John Broderick, a rugadh sa bhliain 1894, agus faoi mar adeir s\u00e9 fh\u00e9in:-<\/span><\/p>

\u201cShe married Anthony Gaughan in 1930. He was one of the large family of Sergeant Anthony Gaughan who retired from the Royal Irish Constabulary in April 1916. After leaving Summerhill College, Sligo, Anthony Gaughan was a clerk in the Great Northern Railway in Portadown, and later in Drogheda. On its establishment he joined <\/span>the Irish Free State army as a lieutenant and until he left the service was stationed in the Curragh Camp. Subsequently he was in charge of the Labour Exchange in Passage West County Cork.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Caithfidh go mba Iartharach \u00e9 an Anthony Gaughan c\u00e9anna sin, a fuair a chuid scola\u00edocht i gCol\u00e1iste Summerhill, i Sligeach.<\/span><\/p>

Born in 1932<\/p>

Saola\u00edodh an t-\u00fadar fh\u00e9in sa bhliain 1932, bliain na Comhdh\u00e1la Eochairist\u00ed, agus bh\u00ed a mhuintir seisean ar thaobh an tSaorst\u00e1it i mblianta bunaithe an St\u00e1it s\u2019againne. Fuair s\u00e9 a chuid bunscola\u00edochta i gContaethe \u00e9ags\u00fala i ngeall ar fhadhbanna clainne, ach i ndeireadh na d\u00e1la, d\u2019\u00e9irigh leis an chloch phr\u00e9ach\u00e1in a chur ar a chuid oideachais tr\u00ed Th\u00e9is a scr\u00edobh d\u00e1 MA, ar \u201cThe Metaphysical Value and Importance of the Concept of Being.\u201d N\u00edor bheag n\u00f3 suarach \u00e9 mar \u00e1bhar do Th\u00e9is, geallaimse dhuit \u00e9.<\/span><\/p>

Sa leabhar at\u00e1 idir cham\u00e1in againn anseo, leagann s\u00e9 os \u00e1r gcomhair amach, \u00e1bhair in ar chuir s\u00e9 fh\u00e9in sp\u00e9is, go minic toisc go raibh siad bainteach lena dh\u00faiche fh\u00e9in. Cuirim i gc\u00e1s, sc\u00e9al faoi \u201cStampa\u00e9 Shanahan\u201d, agus faoin chaoi ar bhain Paul Singer \u00fas\u00e1id as ainm Shanahan le screamh na mac\u00e1ntachta a chur ar a ghn\u00f3 seisean i ndomhan casta na Stampa\u00ed. Chuir s\u00e9 sp\u00e9is freisin, i sc\u00e9al Alfred O\u2019Rahilly, Uachtar\u00e1n Chol\u00e1iste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh, fear a raibh breac aithne agam fh\u00e9in air, tr\u00e1th raibh m\u00e9 ag<\/span> freastal ar an gCol\u00e1iste Ollscoile c\u00e9anna sin, tarraingt ar l\u00e1r dhaichid\u00ed na haoise seo caite, agus n\u00ed call dom a r\u00e1, go mbaininn an-taitneamh as a l\u00e9acht bhliant\u00fail ar Ch\u00e9asadh Chr\u00edost ar an gCrois. Caitliceach den scoth ab ea Alfred O\u2019Rahilly<\/span><\/p>

Chaith an G\u00e1chanach a dh\u00fathracht freisin, mar bhall den <\/span>Listowel Writers Week<\/span>. N\u00edor dhein s\u00e9 dh\u00e1 leath d\u00e1 dh\u00edcheall agus \u00e9 i mbun na hoibre c\u00e9anna sin, n\u00f3 is duine \u00e9, de r\u00e9ir dealraimh, a bhfuil an-chumas ann, i mbun gn\u00f3 d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI met Seamus Wilmot early in 1971. He told me that he had read Doneraile and was glad I was interested in local history. However, he said: \u2018Fr.Tony, you should focus your attention on your own area. There are very few places in the country as fascinationg as North Kerry\u2019. Then he told me about the Writers\u2019 Week to be held that sum<\/span>mer and that the organising committee were planning to provide some lectures on the area\u2019s history and culture. He invited me to provide a talk and I replied that I would be delighted to do so.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Work with Writers Week and with PEN<\/p>

N\u00ed raibh sa mh\u00e9id sin ach t\u00fas tuile, n\u00f3 uaidh sin amach, ba dhuine de thaca\u00ed tr\u00e9ana an Listowel Writers Week \u00e9 an tAthair \u00d3 G\u00e1chain, mar l\u00e9achta\u00ed, agus mar eagra\u00ed. N\u00e1rbh \u00e9 an sc\u00e9al c\u00e9anna \u00e9 i gc\u00e1s a ph\u00e1irt i PEN, an eagra\u00edocht domhanda \u00fad, a raibh s\u00e9 bainteach lei freisin.<\/span><\/p>

T\u00e1 p\u00edosa bre\u00e1 aige freisin, faoin chaoi ar thaitin s\u00e9 leis, daoine a chur faoi agallamh, agus \u00e9 ag iarraidh eolas a bhaili\u00fa do leabhar, agus n\u00ed haon d\u00f3ich\u00edn \u00e9 i mbun na ceirde c\u00e9anna sin, n\u00f3 t\u00e9ann s\u00e9 i gcionn ar dhaoine, ar bhealach a chuireann ar a chumas daoine a chur ar a s\u00e1stacht<\/span><\/p>

\u201cOne of the great pleasures in preparing a book for publication is the opportunity to seek out and engage interesting and distinguished persons. In this reagard over the years I have interviewed hundreds of persons……\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Labhrann s\u00e9 faoi phoibl\u00edocht i gCaibidil a S\u00e9, agus t\u00e1 p\u00edosa sp\u00e9isi\u00fail aige sa chaibidil ch\u00e9anna sin faoi Beathaisn\u00e9is Tom Johnson, comhbhunaitheoir, agus c\u00e9ad Uachtar\u00e1n Ph\u00e1irt\u00ed an Lucht Oibre. Is sp\u00e9isi\u00fail an m\u00e9id a fuair s\u00e9 amach, tr\u00edna chuid taighde, faoi James Larkin:-<\/span><\/p>

\u201cTowards the end of the 1913 lock-out and strike, with the Dublin workers and the trade-union movement in disarray, Larkin, despite the objections of colleagues, left for a lecture tour in the US. His proposed visit lasted more than nine years and he missed out on the Easter 1916 Rising and the war of Independence. On his return to <\/span>Irealand he attempted unsuccessfully to reagain control of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Agus an m\u00e9id sin ar aigne aige, ba thaircuisneach mar a chaith s\u00e9 le Johnson agus le William O\u2019Brien, agus n\u00edorbh fh\u00e1s aon o\u00edche \u00e9 an naimhdeas c\u00e9anna sin, n\u00f3 lean s\u00e9 ar feadh na mblianta fada, agus d\u00e1r leis an \u00fadar seo, b\u2019easaontas \u00e9…. <\/span><\/p>

\u201cwhich for decades thwarted the attempts of the labour movement to be a major influence in Irish politics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Over to you !<\/p>

N\u00ed dh\u00e9arfaidh m\u00e9 a thuilleadh faoi sin, ach f\u00e1gfaidh m\u00e9 f\u00fat fh\u00e9in anois \u00e9 taitneamh agus tairbhe a bhaint as an s\u00e1r-leabhar seo, agus cuirfidh m\u00e9 cnaipe leat go mbeidh mo sh\u00fail in airde agamsa feasta le leabhair J. Anthony Gaughan.<\/span><\/p>

An-l\u00e9amh, an-leabhar, agus an-iarracht ar ch\u00farsa\u00ed liteartha a shaoil fh\u00e9in, a leagan os \u00e1r gcomhair amach, ag duine d\u00e1r scr\u00edbhneoir\u00ed spreag\u00fala, corraitheacha, ild\u00e1nacha.<\/span><\/p>

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Thug m\u00e9 suntas d\u00f3, I noticed it; i bhfast\u00f3, entangled; go smior na gcn\u00e1mh, totally involved (to the marrow of the bones); bainteach le, involved in; screamh na mac\u00e1ntachta, a crust of honesty; cuirfidh me cnaipe leat, I\u2019ll bet you a button. . I mB\u00e9al an Phobail Recollections of a Writer by Accident by………………… J. […]<\/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-11961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11962,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11961\/revisions\/11962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}