I mB\u00e9al an Phobail<\/p>
Peadar Bair\u00e9ad<\/p>
Memories of 1947<\/span><\/strong><\/p> N\u00ed dh\u00e9anfaidh an gl\u00fan at\u00e1 suas anois dearmad go luath ar an gcine\u00e1l aimsire a bh\u00ed againn i ndeireadh na bliana seo caite agus i dt\u00fas na bliana reatha seo, n\u00f3 n\u00ed raibh aimsir chomh crua leis againn i gcuimhne an t\u00e9 is sine d\u00e1 bhfuil beo i l\u00e1thair na huaire seo. Mhair an cruas sin ar feadh tarraingt ar mh\u00ed, agus i rith na tr\u00e9imhse sin, bh\u00ed clocha ceangailte agus madra\u00ed scaoilte, \u00f3 cheann ceann na t\u00edre seo. Bh\u00ed an talamh cl\u00fadaithe le sneachta i rith bh\u00fanus an ama sin, agus n\u00ed cuimhin liom fh\u00e9in a leith\u00e9id d\u2019aimsir a bheith ann \u00f3 reo m\u00f3r na bliana 1947. Agus ag caint ar an mbliain chrua sin, ar inis m\u00e9 dhaoibh cheana, go raibh m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in ag cur f\u00fam i gCol\u00e1iste C\u00f3naithe, an bhliain sin. Sea, mh\u2019anam, im\u2019 n\u00f3ibh\u00edseach sea bh\u00edos, an bhliain sin!! agus m\u00e9 i bhfad \u00f3 bhaile, i bhfad \u00f3 mo dh\u00fachas, ach sin sc\u00e9al eile, do l\u00e1 eic\u00ednt eile, nuair a bheidh an t-am againn seal seanchais a dh\u00e9anamh ar \u00e1r s\u00e1imh\u00edn s\u00f3. <\/p> Where did the frost go?<\/span><\/strong><\/p> Ach ag caint ar na blianta crua sin, nach n\u00e1d\u00fartha an rud \u00e9 ceist a chur, ag fiafra\u00ed c\u00e1r imigh an sioc? Is deacair freagra s\u00e1s\u00fail a thabhair ar an gceist ch\u00e9anna sin, ach d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh duine a r\u00e1, gur th\u00e1inig le\u00e1 ch\u00far na habhann air, n\u00f3 gur imigh s\u00e9, faoi mar a d\u2019imeodh slam de cheo, n\u00f3 sinne\u00e1n gaoithe, uainn. N\u00f3 faoi mar a d\u2019imigh an saibhreas a bail\u00edodh i rith bhlianta fl\u00fairseacha an T\u00edogair Cheiltigh! Bh\u00ed an saibhreas ansin ag daoine, agus s\u00fail acu go mairfeadh s\u00e9 chomh fada leis na sl\u00e9ibhte, ach ansin, th\u00e1inig l\u00e1 an l\u00e9in, agus faoi mar a bhuailfe\u00e1 do dh\u00e1 bhois ar a ch\u00e9ile, bh\u00ed s\u00e9 imithe, imithe faoi mar a im\u00edonn an sioc uainn, agus gan a rian fi\u00fa, f\u00e1gtha ina dhiaidh. <\/p> Sea, c\u00e1r imigh an sioc?<\/span><\/p> B\u2019in an cheist a d\u2019fh\u00e1s mar dhris, sa chas\u00e1n romham amach, agus m\u00e9 ag smaoineamh ar na laethe a bh\u00ed, agus ar an saol a bh\u00ed ann tr\u00e1th agus nach bhfuil f\u00e1il air a thuilleadh. Is cuimhin liom fh\u00e9in, agus m\u00e9 i mo ghas\u00far, go raibh c\u00f3na\u00ed ar na hoile\u00e1in, amach \u00f3 ch\u00f3sta an Mhuirthead, in Iorras, i gContae Mhaigh Eo, bh\u00ed c\u00f3na\u00ed ar dh\u00e1 oile\u00e1n Inis G\u00e9idhe an tr\u00e1th \u00fad, sea, agus ar Inis Gluaire freisin, ach n\u00ed mhaireann ar na hoile\u00e1in ch\u00e9anna sin anois ach na h\u00e9in, is na hainmhithe, a bh\u00edonn ag in\u00edor leo go s\u00e1sta ar a <\/span>sraitheanna is ar a n-ard\u00e1in. D\u2019imigh sin \u00e1fach, is th\u00e1inig seo, agus sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inniu ann, t\u00e1 an saol sin ar fad imithe, faoi mar a d\u2019imigh an sioc. Ach, taobh amuigh de na c\u00farsa\u00ed sin uilig, tomhais cad \u00e9 an rud is m\u00f3 a mhoth\u00f3idh m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in uaim, ar mo ch\u00e9ad chuairt eile ar Iorras na nIontas? <\/span><\/p> N\u00ed h\u00e9 feisteas na ndaoine, n\u00f3 gal\u00e1ntacht a dtithe; n\u00f3 easpa c\u00f3na\u00ed ar na hoile\u00e1in, n\u00f3 meicni\u00fa na feirmeoireachta; n\u00ed hiad mh\u2019anam! ach s\u00e9 an rud is m\u00f3 a <\/span>mhoth\u00f3idh m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in uaim an ch\u00e9ad bhabhta eile, n\u00f3 gl\u00f3r sl\u00f3chtach, cars\u00e1nach, fi\u00e1in Bhonn\u00e1in Cheo Oile\u00e1n Iolair (Eagle Island Foghorn). Sin an lead a mhoth\u00f3idh m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in uaim, n\u00f3 faoi\u2019n am sin, beidh cos i bpoll curtha ag an dul-chun-cinn le b\u00fair bhuile an bhonn\u00e1in ch\u00e9anna sin, torann a chuireadh a chodladh m\u00e9, le linn m\u2019\u00f3ige thiar, agus torann a d\u2019fh\u00e1ilteoinn roimhe, chuile bhabhta a chloisfinn \u00e9, \u00f3 laethe gl\u00f3rmhara m\u2019\u00f3ige i leith. Ach, cos\u00fail le chuile ghn\u00e9, geall leis, den saol a bh\u00ed sa treis, le linn m\u2019\u00f3i<\/span>gese, t\u00e1 siad glanta leo, faoi mar a d\u2019imigh an sioc. <\/span><\/p> An ionadh ar bith \u00e9, mar sin, gur minic an cheist sin, C\u00e1<\/span>r imigh an Sioc? ar bharr mo theanga agamsa?<\/span><\/p> D\u00e1la an sc\u00e9il, chuala go raibh l\u00e9itheoir\u00ed \u00e1irithe ag ceapadh, um Nollaig, gurbh \u00e9 a sc\u00e9al c\u00e9anna \u00e9 i gc\u00e1s \u00e1r gCol\u00fain\u00edn fh\u00e9in, \u201cI mB\u00e9al an Phobail\u201d, toisc nach raibh f\u00e1il, th\u00edos n\u00f3 thuas, air, ar feadh roinnt seachtain\u00ed! Bhuel! Is f\u00e9idir liom sibh a chur ar bhur suaimhneas anois, mar geallaim dhaoibh, nach bhfuil an col\u00fa<\/span>n c\u00e9anna sin imithe leis an sioc, go f\u00f3ill, ar aon n\u00f3s!<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I mB\u00e9al an Phobail Peadar Bair\u00e9ad Memories of 1947 N\u00ed dh\u00e9anfaidh an gl\u00fan at\u00e1 suas anois dearmad go luath ar an gcine\u00e1l aimsire a bh\u00ed againn i ndeireadh na bliana seo caite agus i dt\u00fas na bliana reatha seo, n\u00f3 n\u00ed raibh aimsir chomh crua leis againn i gcuimhne an t\u00e9 is sine d\u00e1 bhfuil […]<\/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-12189","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\/12189","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=12189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12190,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12189\/revisions\/12190"}],"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=12189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Changed Times<\/h1>
Demise of the Fog Horn<\/h1>
C\u00e1r imigh an Sioc?<\/h1>