{"id":12071,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=12071"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:27:10","slug":"ar-na-misin-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/ar-na-misin-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Ar na Misin 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A r n a M i s i n . 10 .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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In the Visitor\u2019s Centre.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Mar a mh\u00ednigh m\u00e9 dhaoibh, sa gh\u00e1la deiridh, shroicheamar Ionad P\u00e1irce\u00e1la Chaisle\u00e1in Hearst in am agus i dtr\u00e1th, agus \u00f3 tharla go raibh \u00e1r dturas curtha in \u00e1irithe againne roimh r\u00e9, ar chostas ocht nDolar d\u00e9ag an duine, bh\u00ed deis againn seal gearr a chaitheamh ag guairdeall timpeall tr\u00edd an Ionad F\u00e1iltithe at\u00e1 suite acu ansin, in aice leis an Ionad P\u00e1irce\u00e1la sin, fad is bh\u00ed muid ag fanacht ar \u00e1r mbus, n\u00f3 n\u00edl sl\u00ed ar bith eile leis an turas go dt\u00ed an Caisle\u00e1n a dh\u00e9anamh, ach ar bhus speisialta, ceann de bhusanna Chorpar\u00e1id Hearst Castle. Nuair a bh\u00ed an t-am sprioc\u00e1ilte ag druidim linn, thugamar \u00e1r n-aghaidh ar stad na mbus, mar a raibh \u00e1r mbus ag fanacht orainn. Ba ghearr an mhoill a bh\u00ed orainn ansin. Ligeadh ar bord an bhus faoi leith muid, ar a raibh su\u00edoch\u00e1in curtha in \u00e1irithe d\u00fainn, n\u00f3 bh\u00ed bus ag f\u00e1g\u00e1il an Ionaid sin chuile dheich neomat, le dreapadh inairde na c\u00faig mh\u00edle sl\u00ed, go dt\u00ed an Caisle\u00e1n dra\u00edochta sin a bh\u00ed suite go p\u00e9acach ar bharr na binne. <\/p>

….The climb to the summit begins ….<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

D\u00edreach ag a fiche neomat chun a haondh\u00e9ag, d\u2019fh\u00e1g \u00e1r mbusna an stad, agus thosaigh ag dreapadh a bhealaigh leis, go r\u00e9idh, c\u00faramach, c\u00e1irse\u00e1nach, suas i gcoinne an aird. Bheadh s\u00e9 deacair cur s\u00edos a dh\u00e9anamh ar an turas c\u00e9anna sin, n\u00f3 b\u00edodh nach raibh sa turas ar fad ach c\u00faig mh\u00edle sl\u00ed, bheadh s\u00e9 deacair turas n\u00ed b\u2019\u00e9ags\u00fala\u00ed a shamhl\u00fa, fi\u00fa. Anois, bheadh an bus ag sn\u00edomh a bhealaigh leis ar imeall faille, agus ar\u00eds, ag dul thar chainneon diabhalta doimhin; ar ball, bheadh a theanga bheag amuigh aige ag iarraidh barr binne a bhaint amach, agus n\u00edos d\u00e9ana\u00ed ar\u00eds, bheadh muid ag dul siar, faoi mar a bheadh a mhisneach caillte ag an diabhal bus, agus go raibh s\u00e9 ar a bhealach ar ais go dt\u00ed an tIonad F\u00e1iltithe ar\u00eds, ach ansin, de phlimp, chasfadh s\u00e9 timpeall, agus thabharfadh ruathar faoi aird eile, a d\u2019fh\u00e1gfadh muidinne ag gream\u00fa taobh \u00e1r su\u00edoch\u00e1n, ar eagla go gcaithf\u00ed tr\u00ed fhuinneoga an bhus amach muid. Aerfort le feice\u00e1il p\u00edosa th\u00edos uainn, agus in \u00e1it eile, ainmhithe allta ag in\u00edor leo go s\u00e1sta i ngleann f\u00e9aruaithne, gleoite, doimhin. <\/p>

….The Castle, at last!…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Ar deireadh thiar \u00e1fach, shroicheamar \u201cHearst Castle\u201d caisle\u00e1n a tharraing\u00edonn thart ar mhilli\u00fan turas\u00f3ir chuige, in aghaidh na bliana. Bh\u00ed beirt treora\u00ed linn ar an mbus, agus chuaigh siadsan i mbun oibre l\u00e1ithreach, b\u00edoidh go raibh a gcion fh\u00e9in \u00e1 dh\u00e9anamh acu feadh an turais in airde, n\u00f3 bh\u00ed tr\u00e1chtaireacht reatha ar si\u00fal acu, feadh an ama sin. Threoraigh siad sinn uilig suas na gc\u00e9imeanna iomad\u00fala \u00fad, ar chuala mise a dt\u00e1sc, agus a dtuairisc, go minic, sular leag m\u00e9 sp\u00e1g ar bharr an tsl\u00e9ibhe seo Santa Lucia. Ait go leor, ba \u00e9 an t-ainm a bhaist William Randolph Hearst fh\u00e9in ar a \u00e1ras ar bharr an tsl\u00e9ibhe sin, n\u00f3 La Cuesta Encantada<\/strong>, s\u00e9 sin, An Cnoc Dra\u00edochta. <\/strong>Cl\u00fadaionn an t-east\u00e1t sin 137 acra, sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inniu ann, agus ar an gcnoc dra\u00edochta sin, t\u00e1 ceithre \u00e1ras ollmh\u00f3ra, \u00e1rais a dhear an t-ailtire cl\u00faiteach mn\u00e1 sin, Julia Morgan<\/strong>, bean a fuair cuid d\u00e1 traen\u00e1il san Ecole des Beaux Arts<\/strong> i bP\u00e1ras na Fraince. Chomhoibrigh s\u00ed fh\u00e9in agus Hearst i ndearadh, agus i dt\u00f3g\u00e1il, an Chaisle\u00e1in, agus tr\u00ed cinn de Thithe Cuairteoiri, thar thr\u00e9imhse seacht mbliana is fiche! Sa tr\u00e9imhse sin, d\u2019ordaigh Hearst, agus dhear Morgan, na h\u00e1rais thuasluaite, maraon le dh\u00e1 linn sn\u00e1mha, ceann faoi dh\u00edon agus an ceann eile amuigh faoin aer, chomh maith leo sin, bh\u00ed garrraithe, c\u00fairteanna lead\u00f3ige, agus fi\u00fa Garra\u00ed na nAinmhithe. Is d\u00f3cha go bhf\u00e9adf\u00e1 a r\u00e1, n\u00e1r f\u00edoradh riamh, ina ioml\u00e1ine, f\u00eds Hearst, n\u00f3 i ndeireadh na d\u00e1la, ba \u00e9 an b\u00e1s a chuir l\u00e1n stad leis an dtionscadal dra\u00edochta, samhla\u00edoch, dochreidte sin, Hearst Castle.<\/p>

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….Our tour begins….<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Tar \u00e9is d\u00fainn sraith amh\u00e1in c\u00e9imeanna a dhreapadh, bail\u00edodh i bhf\u00e1inne muid, agus chuaigh na treoraithe i mbun oibre. Mh\u00ednigh siad d\u00fainn chomh deacair is a bh\u00ed s\u00e9 f\u00eds Hearst a fh\u00edoradh, ar bharr sl\u00e9ibhe, ansin i gCalaf\u00f3irnia. Mh\u00ednigh siad freisin, an chaoi a raibh orthu chuile sh\u00f3rt a iompar \u00f3 Shan Simeon, th\u00edos ag leibh\u00e9al na farraige, suas taobh an tsl\u00e9ibhe, go hionad an Chaisle\u00e1in. Ar leoraithe a deineadh an t-\u00e9acht oibre sin, agus th\u00f3gadh s\u00e9 uair a\u2019 chloig ar chuile leorai acu an turas sin a dh\u00e9anamh, agus nuair a smaoin\u00edonn t\u00fa ar an m\u00e9id ollmh\u00f3r earra\u00ed, agus \u00e1bhair, a bh\u00ed le hiompar acu go barr an tsl\u00e9ibhe sin, leis an bhf\u00eds neamha\u00ed seo a r\u00e9aladh ansin ar an mbinn, is beag nach gcuirfeadh s\u00e9 meadhr\u00e1n cinn ort. D\u2019iompaigh s\u00ed ansin ar thaobh na ciot\u00f3ige, agus d\u2019iarr orainn l\u00e1n s\u00fal a bhaint as an linn sn\u00e1mha, a bh\u00ed leagtha amach ansin os \u00e1r gcomhair amach. <\/p>

…..A Poll fit for an Emperor!….<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Baineadh an chaint d\u00ednn uilig, agus n\u00ed raibh le clos \u00f3 dhuine ar bith againn, ach \u201cWow!\u201d iontais, agus a ch\u00fais sin againn, geallaimse dhuit \u00e9.<\/p>

N\u00f3, ansin os \u00e1r gcomhair amach, chonaic muid an linn sn\u00e1mha ab \u00e9ags\u00fala\u00ed d\u00e1r leag duine ar bith againn s\u00fail riamh uirthi. Ba \u00e9 a rith liom fh\u00e9in, l\u00e1ithreach bonn, n\u00f3 nach raibh a leith\u00e9id seo de Linn Sn\u00e1mha ag Impire R\u00f3mh\u00e1nach ar bith riamh, Cuma c\u00e9 chomh saibhir is a bh\u00ed s\u00e9. As t\u00edleanna marmair a t\u00f3gadh chuile sh\u00f3rt anseo, idir url\u00e1r, taobhanna, agus timpeallacht. Bh\u00ed gr\u00e9as \u00e1lainn orn\u00e1ideach le feice\u00e1il ar url\u00e1r na linne, agus bh\u00ed an t-uisce sa linn sin chomh gl\u00e9, glan, sin, gurbh ar \u00e9igean a chreidfe\u00e1 go raibh uisce ann in aon chor, ach an gr\u00e9as \u00e1lainn ar url\u00e1r na linne, le feice\u00e1il go glan, soil\u00e9ir, th\u00edos ansin. T\u00edleanna de mharmar geal a bh\u00ed timpeall na linne, agus ansin, bh\u00ed dealbha \u00e1ille dea-dheartha, agus uaimheanna maisithe marmair, sa timpeall freisin, uaimheanna a chuirfeadh teampaill ph\u00e1g\u00e1nacha i gcuimhne dhuit. <\/p>

….The Neptune Pool….<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

N\u00ed haon ionadh gur, Linn Neptune, <\/strong>a baisteadh ar an Linn iontach seo. Thart anseo bh\u00ed col\u00fain \u00e1ille marmair, agus d\u00edon clasaiceach os a gcionn in airde, thall ansin, bh\u00ed l\u00edne eile col\u00fan agus balastr\u00e1id leagtha go heala\u00edonta, taitneamhach, os a gcionn. Agus m\u00e9ada\u00edtear ar an ionadh, nuair a chuirtear san \u00e1ireamh, gur dealbha bunaidh iad na dealbha \u00e1ille sin uilig, at\u00e1 feistithe go p\u00e9acach timpeall na Linne. Sea, mh\u2019anam, d\u00f3thain R\u00ed, n\u00f3 Impire, de Linn Snamha, a bh\u00ed le feice\u00e1il againn ansin, amuigh faoin aer, os comhair ceann de na Tithe Cuairteoir\u00ed amach, agus b\u2019\u00e9igean d\u00fainn seal a chaitheamh ansin, agus muid ag iarraidh roinnt \u00e9igin den \u00e1illeacht chlasaiceach, chorraitheach, a \u00f3l isteach, agus a st\u00f3r\u00e1il, \u00e1it eic\u00ednt i measc na gcuimhn\u00ed, a th\u00f3gfadh muid linn, i ndeireadh an lae seo.<\/p>

Ach, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir gur leor sin do gh\u00e1la na seachtaine, ach b\u00ed liom ar\u00eds an tseachtain seo chugainn, nuair a leanfaidh muid linn ag breathn\u00fa ar iontais\u00ed an Chaisle\u00e1in dra\u00edochta \u00fad, Hearst Castle.<\/p>

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. A r n a M i s i n . 10 . ******************** In the Visitor\u2019s Centre. Mar a mh\u00ednigh m\u00e9 dhaoibh, sa gh\u00e1la deiridh, shroicheamar Ionad P\u00e1irce\u00e1la Chaisle\u00e1in Hearst in am agus i dtr\u00e1th, agus \u00f3 tharla go raibh \u00e1r dturas curtha in \u00e1irithe againne roimh r\u00e9, ar chostas ocht nDolar d\u00e9ag an […]<\/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-12071","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\/12071","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=12071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12072,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12071\/revisions\/12072"}],"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=12071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}