{"id":12185,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=12185"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:25:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:25:09","slug":"caoga-bliain-i-gcill-chainnigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/caoga-bliain-i-gcill-chainnigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Caoga bliain i gCill Chainnigh."},"content":{"rendered":"

…Na Blianta Deifreacha…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

(This week I look back over fifty years spent in \u2018Faire Kilkenny\u2019)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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

Caoga bliain i gCill Chainnigh!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Thosaigh<\/span> m\u00e9<\/span> ag cleachtadh c<\/span>heird na m\u00fainteoireachta i gCol\u00e1iste Mhuireadhaigh, i mB\u00e9al an \u00c1<\/span>tha, i gContae Mhaigh Eo<\/span>, i Me\u00e1n F\u00f3<\/span>mhair na bliana<\/span>, 1951, agus tar \u00e9<\/span>is dom seacht mbliana a chaitheamh <\/span>i mbun oibre <\/span>ansin<\/span>, is d\u00f3<\/span>cha gur <\/span>bhuail tochas sheacht mbliana m\u00e9,<\/span> agus chu<\/span>n b\u00f3thair liom go dt\u00ed<\/span> an Ardchathair<\/span>, le go bhfeicfinn c\u00e9<\/span>n chaoi ar mhair an <\/span>leath eile! Ach, faoi mar is gn\u00e1ch, fuair m\u00e9 amach<\/span>,<\/span> n\u00e1r chathair mar a tuairisc \u00ed<\/span>,<\/span> an Ardchathair ch\u00e9<\/span>anna sin<\/span>, agus tar \u00e9<\/span>is dom seacht mbliana eile a chaitheamh ag m<\/span>\u00fa<\/span>ineadh ansin<\/span>,<\/span> i gCol<\/span>\u00e1<\/span>iste Mhuire Cois Abhann,<\/span> Droichead na Dothra,<\/span> <\/span>is d\u00f3cha gur fhill an <\/span>sean-<\/span>tochas c\u00e9anna sin ar\u00eds orm<\/span>,<\/span> agus n\u00edor stad m\u00e9 den iarraidh sin go dt\u00ed gur \u2018land\u00e1<\/span>il<\/span>\u2019 m\u00e9 post i gCol\u00e1iste c\u00e1ili\u00fail Chiar\u00e1in, anseo i gcathair \u00e1rsa Chill Chainnigh, agus b\u00edodh gur thosaigh m\u00e9 fh\u00e9<\/span>in ag obair sa Cho<\/span>l\u00e1<\/span>iste sin<\/span> in eireaball na bliana 1966, n\u00edor aistrigh muid, mar chlann, \u00f3<\/span>n Ardchathair,<\/span> go dt\u00ed t\u00fa<\/span>s na blia<\/span>n<\/span>a<\/span> d\u00e1<\/span>r gc<\/span>ionn, i 1967, sin caoga bliain<\/span> d\u00edreach<\/span> \u00f3<\/span> shoin<\/span>, rud a fh\u00e1gann go bhfuil muid in\u00e1r gc\u00f3na\u00ed anseo le caoga bliain anois.<\/span><\/p>

N\u00ed g\u00e1 dhom a r\u00e1, go mba \u00e1it eile ar fad \u00ed an Chill Chainnigh a bh\u00ed i dtreis nuair a th\u00e1<\/span>inig muidinne<\/span>,<\/span> mar<\/span> dheoraithe isteach anseo, i dt\u00fas na bliana sin 1967, agus b\u00edodh go raibh cuid mhaith den t\u00ed<\/span>r<\/span> seo<\/span>, Thuaidh agus Thea<\/span>s,<\/span> feicthe a<\/span>gamsa faoin am sin, ag an am gc\u00e9anna, n\u00ed<\/span> raibh aon chur amach<\/span> r\u00f3-mh\u00f3<\/span>r <\/span>agam<\/span> <\/span>ar an taobh t\u00ed<\/span>re seo<\/span>,<\/span> faoin am sin<\/span>. N\u00ed g\u00e1<\/span> a r<\/span>\u00e1, gur thaitin an t\u00edrdhreach go m\u00f3r linn, agus gur sciob an Col\u00e1iste fh\u00e9in mo chro\u00ed ar an gc\u00e9<\/span>ad amharc<\/span>, agus gur tuigeadh d\u00fainn ar an gc\u00e9<\/span>ad radharc <\/span>sin, go mbeadh s\u00e9 deacair \u00e1it chomh h\u00e1<\/span>lainn<\/span>,<\/span> tarraingteach<\/span>,<\/span> leis an gcathair seo<\/span>, gona sr\u00e1<\/span>ideanna<\/span>, gona sr\u00e1id\u00edn\u00ed<\/span>, gona <\/span>bhfoirgnimh eala\u00edonta, \u00e1rsa, gona caisle\u00e1n, gona heaglais\u00ed spreag\u00fala, gona habhainn iascach, uisci\u00fail, \u00e1<\/span>lainn<\/span>, a fh\u00e1il<\/span> \u00e1it ar bith<\/span> faoi lu\u00ed na gr\u00e9ine<\/span>.<\/span>  <\/span>Agus a bhu\u00ed<\/span> le Dia<\/span>, n\u00ed<\/span>or athraigh an dearcadh sin puinn san idirlinn. <\/span><\/p>

Ach ag breathn\u00fa<\/span> siar ar Chill Chainnigh sin<\/span> na ndachaid\u00ed<\/span>, bheadh ar dhuine a admh\u00e1il<\/span> go raibh b\u00f3<\/span>thar fada anacair le taisteal aice<\/span>, le teacht chuig an \u00e1<\/span>it ina <\/span>bhfuil s\u00ed lonnaithe faoi l\u00e1thair. An tr\u00e1<\/span>th sin<\/span>, n\u00ed raibh tithe \u00f3<\/span>sta, proinntithe, <\/span>n\u00f3 fi\u00fa<\/span> tith<\/span>e c\u00f3naithe fh\u00e9<\/span>in<\/span>, \u00e9<\/span>asca le f<\/span>\u00e1<\/span>il<\/span> sa chathair seo. Bh\u00ed an t-uaf\u00e1s oibre le d\u00e9<\/span>anamh<\/span> f\u00f3<\/span>s leis an gcathair seo a<\/span> mhealladh isteach sa bhfichi\u00fa<\/span> haois, ach, <\/span>\u2018<\/span>fair play<\/span>\u2019 dh\u00f3<\/span>ibh<\/span>,<\/span> chuireadar chun oibre le fonn<\/span>, agus th\u00f3gadar tithe, dheis\u00ed<\/span>oda<\/span>r<\/span>, agus th\u00f3gadar,<\/span> sr\u00e1<\/span>ideannna,<\/span> b\u00f3<\/span>ithre agus droichid. T<\/span>h\u00e1<\/span>inig<\/span> feabhas ar eacnama\u00edocht na d\u00fa<\/span>iche<\/span>,<\/span> agus l<\/span>e freastal ar na hathruithe sin<\/span> uilig<\/span>, t\u00f3gadh Tithe \u00d3<\/span>sta<\/span>,<\/span> tithe<\/span>, agus Proinntithe de chuile chine\u00e1<\/span>l<\/span>, go dt\u00ed an<\/span> l\u00e1 at\u00e1<\/span> inniu ann<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>agus anois, t\u00e1<\/span> an chathair seo \u2018gainne<\/span>,<\/span> chomh<\/span> suas chun d\u00e1<\/span>ta<\/span>, le haon chathair<\/span>,<\/span> n\u00f3 baile m\u00f3r<\/span>,<\/span> sa t\u00ed<\/span>r seo<\/span>,<\/span> agus tarrain<\/span>gt na m\u00edlte is na m\u00edlte turas\u00f3<\/span>ir uirthi<\/span>,<\/span> bliain i ndiaidh bliana.<\/span><\/p>

D\u2019imigh na blianta<\/span> \u00f3 l\u00e1r na seascaid\u00ed<\/span> sna cosa in airde<\/span>, agus tar \u00e9<\/span>is dom breis agus<\/span> sc\u00f3<\/span>r bliain a<\/span> chaitheamh i mbun oibre i gCol\u00e1iste Chiar\u00e1<\/span>in thainig an t-am le dul ar scor agus ceist mhor eile le scaoileadh againn, an bhf<\/span>anfadh muid i gCill Chainnigh n\u00f3 an raghadh muid ar scor \u00e1<\/span>it ei<\/span>c\u00ed<\/span>nt eile a<\/span>bhus n\u00f3 i gc\u00e9<\/span>in? <\/span>N\u00edor cheist do-scaoilte d\u00fainne \u00ed<\/span> sin<\/span>,<\/span> n\u00f3 bhearta\u00ed<\/span>omar fanacht<\/span> <\/span>mar a rabhamar<\/span>, mar<\/span> faoin am sin<\/span>, n\u00ed h\u00e9 amh\u00e1<\/span>in go rai<\/span>bh aithne curtha againn ar an d\u00fa<\/span>iche, ach chomh<\/span> <\/span>maith le sin<\/span>, bh\u00ed<\/span> aithne curth<\/span>a againn anois ar mhuintir na d\u00fa<\/span>iche freisin<\/span>, agus ar\u00eds, bheadh s\u00e9<\/span> deacai<\/span>r a gcomh-mhaith de phobal a fh\u00e1il \u00e1it ar bith, agus d\u00e1<\/span> bharr sin, d\u2019fhanamar mar a rabhamar<\/span>, agus muid bre\u00e1 s\u00e1<\/span>sta leis an rogha a dh<\/span>eineamar in eireaball na n-ocht\u00f3id\u00ed<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>

Bhue<\/span>l, sin agaibh anois cuid dem\u2019 sc\u00e9al fh\u00e9in agus m\u00e9<\/span> an<\/span>ois im chathr\u00f3<\/span>ir<\/span>, sa chathair \u00e1<\/span>lainn seo, cathair a bhfuil mo mholadh tuillte, agus tuillte go maith aice<\/span>,<\/span> thar n<\/span>a blianta deifreacha a chaith m\u00e9 im shaor\u00e1<\/span>nach anseo in bhur measc. <\/span>  <\/span> <\/span>Cuirfidh <\/span>m\u00e9 cr\u00edoch leis an bp\u00edosa seo le <\/span>tr\u00ed<\/span> v\u00e9arsa<\/span>,<\/span> as d\u00e1nta \u00e9ags\u00fa<\/span>la<\/span> a chum faoi\u2019n \u00e1<\/span>it seo<\/span>,<\/span> a leagan os bhur<\/span> chomhair<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>

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

\u201c<\/span>Anseo cois Feoire na fl\u00fa<\/span>irse<\/span><\/p>

Mar ar th\u00f3g Cainneach naofa a dh\u00fa<\/span>n,<\/span><\/p>

Le pobal <\/span>geal<\/span> <\/span>Osra\u00ed a cheapadh<\/span><\/p>

I m\u00f3rl\u00edonta Dhia na nD\u00fa<\/span>l.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>

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

\u201c<\/span>F\u00e1ilt\u00edonn cloch agus cr\u00e9<\/span> romhaibh<\/span><\/p>

Go cr\u00edocha seo Chainneach<\/span> na sc\u00e9<\/span>al,<\/span><\/p>

F\u00e1ilt\u00edonn sr\u00e1<\/span>id agus sruth romhaibh.<\/span><\/p>

Go <\/span>cathair seo Chainnigh na Naomh.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>

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

\u201c<\/span>A shr\u00e1id\u00edn\u00ed c\u00fa<\/span>nga an cheana,<\/span><\/p>

Snasta ag br\u00f3<\/span>ga na gCainneach,<\/span><\/p>

Chugaibh, tr\u00ed cheo bog na mblianta<\/span>,<\/span><\/p>

Filleann gan seachr\u00e1<\/span>n mo bheanna<\/span>c<\/span>ht<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…Na Blianta Deifreacha… (This week I look back over fifty years spent in \u2018Faire Kilkenny\u2019) Peadar Bair\u00e9ad Caoga bliain i gCill Chainnigh! Thosaigh m\u00e9 ag cleachtadh cheird na m\u00fainteoireachta i gCol\u00e1iste Mhuireadhaigh, i mB\u00e9al an \u00c1tha, i gContae Mhaigh Eo, i Me\u00e1n F\u00f3mhair na bliana, 1951, agus tar \u00e9is dom seacht mbliana a chaitheamh i […]<\/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-12185","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\/12185","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=12185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12186,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12185\/revisions\/12186"}],"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=12185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}