{"id":12555,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=12555"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:25:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:25:51","slug":"guts-by-roddy-doyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/guts-by-roddy-doyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Guts by Roddy Doyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

….\u2018<\/span>The Guts<\/span>\u2019….<\/span> <\/span> by Roddy Doyle<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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

<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

(This week we take a look at Roddy Doyle\u2019s latest novel…<\/em><\/span>The<\/span><\/strong> <\/em><\/span>Guts<\/span><\/strong>…<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>

\u00darsc\u00e9al \u00dar<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

N\u00ed<\/span> <\/span>h\u00e9<\/span> seo an <\/span>ch\u00e9ad \u00farsc\u00e9al a shil chugainn \u00f3 pheann l\u00edofa an \u00fadair iltr\u00e9itheach, \u00c1thcliathach, seo, n\u00f3<\/span> ba liost<\/span>a le h\u00e1<\/span>ire<\/span>amh <\/span>\u00e9<\/span> <\/span>iad uilig a lua anseo, ach t\u00e1 m\u00e9<\/span> cinnt<\/span>e<\/span>, gur c<\/span>uimhin linn uilig teidil<\/span> cos\u00fa<\/span>il le <\/span>\u2018<\/span>The Commitments<\/span>\u2019<\/span>, <\/span>\u2018<\/span>The Snapper<\/span>\u2019<\/span>, <\/span>\u2018<\/span>The Van<\/span>\u2019<\/span>, <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Oh, Play That Thing<\/span>\u2019<\/span>, gan ach cup<\/span>la ceann acu a lua. Sea, agus b\u2019<\/span>fh\u00e9<\/span>idir freisin<\/span>, gur l\u00e9igh sibh cuntas eic\u00ednt f\u00fathu sa chol\u00fa<\/span>n seo, siar thar na blianta.<\/span> <\/span>N\u00ed call dom a r\u00e1, go bhfuil c\u00e1il idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta bainte amach ag an \u00fa<\/span>dar seo<\/span>, cheana f\u00e9<\/span>in<\/span>,<\/span> agus sa leabhar s<\/span>eo t\u00e9ann s\u00e9<\/span> siar ar na seanlaethe<\/span>, faoi mar a l\u00e9<\/span>iritear iad sna C<\/span>ommitments<\/span>, ach go h\u00e1<\/span>irithe<\/span>, agus d\u00e9anann s\u00e9 iarracht ar charactair \u00f3 na laethe sin a aistri\u00fa \u00f3 na seanlaethe \u00fad len<\/span> iad a ch<\/span>ur ist<\/span>each i <\/span>\u2018<\/span>milieu<\/span>\u2019<\/span> an lae inniu. Ar \u00e9irigh leis sin a dh\u00e9<\/span>anamh? Ca<\/span>ithfidh an l\u00e9<\/span>itheoir a bhreith<\/span> fh\u00e9in<\/span> a thabhairt ar <\/span>an gceist sin. Mo chuidse de, d\u00e9arfainn gur \u00e9irigh go seoigh leis sa mh\u00e9<\/span>id sin.<\/span><\/p>

The Commitments<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Is d\u00f3cha gurb \u00e9 Jimmy Rabitte an pr\u00edomhcharachtar sa sc\u00e9<\/span>al seo<\/span>,<\/span> agus cuirtear Jimmy, b<\/span>unaitheoir <\/span>na Commitments, in aithne don l\u00e9itheoir go bre\u00e1 luath sa sc\u00e9al<\/span> <\/span>agus \u00e9 anois seacht mbliana is dh\u00e1 sc\u00f3<\/span>r d\u2019aois<\/span>, bean <\/span>aige, <\/span>agus ceathrar clainne <\/span>mar ch\u00fa<\/span>ram orthu<\/span>,<\/span> agus lena chois sin<\/span>, t\u00e1 s\u00e9<\/span> t<\/span>ar \u00e9<\/span>is<\/span> a fh\u00e1<\/span>il amach go bhfuil<\/span> ailse inne tolgtha aige.<\/span> <\/span>T\u00e1 air anois an sc\u00e9al sin a roinnt lena mhuintir is <\/span>lena chairde, agus \u00e9<\/span> ag iarraidh<\/span>, ag an am gc\u00e9<\/span>anna<\/span>,<\/span> dul siar<\/span> b\u00f3ithr\u00edn na smaointe agus buaileadh ar\u00ed<\/span>s leis na daoine a raibh <\/span>aithne aige or<\/span>thu<\/span> an tr\u00e1th \u00fa<\/span>d<\/span> fad\u00f3<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span> <\/span>Ach anois<\/span>, agus m\u00e9ar ag an mb\u00e1s ar a ghualainn, tuigtear d\u00f3, nach bhfuil am gan teorainn f\u00e1<\/span>gtha aige<\/span>, agus d\u00e1<\/span> bharr sin<\/span>, cuireann s\u00e9 tuairisc ar chairde a bh\u00ed<\/span> aige<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>an t-am sin. \u00c9ir\u00edonn s\u00e9 m\u00f3r ar\u00eds le Imelda Quirke, stuaire<\/span> a raibh aithn<\/span>e<\/span> aige uirthi laethe na Commitments<\/span>. Sea, agus cuireann s\u00e9 tuairisc a dhearth\u00e1<\/span>r <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Les<\/span>\u2019, fear nach raibh teangmh\u00e1<\/span>il aige leis<\/span>, le breis is sc\u00f3r bliain. \u00c9ir\u00ed<\/span>onn leis freisin<\/span>, sc\u00e9<\/span>al na hailse <\/span>a insint d\u00e1 chlann is d\u00e1 athair, agus b\u00edodh nach l\u00e9ir\u00edonn a fhocl\u00f3<\/span>ir<\/span> doimhneas a mhoth\u00fach\u00e1in sa chuid seo den sc\u00e9<\/span>al<\/span>,<\/span> toisc go bhfuil an doimhneas si<\/span>n ceilte faoi ghairbhe a gcomhr\u00e1, mar \u00fas\u00e1ideann s\u00e9 an ghairbhe ch\u00e9<\/span>anna<\/span> sin<\/span> <\/span>mar bhr\u00e9<\/span>agriocht<\/span>, le g\u00e9ire agus doimhneas na moth\u00fach\u00e1<\/span>n sin a cheilt.<\/span><\/p>

Ag an Rock Festival<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Ba \u00e9 an chuid den sc\u00e9al ba mh\u00f3<\/span> a chuaigh i gcionn orm<\/span> fh\u00e9in n\u00f3 an cur s\u00edos sin ar roinnt den tseandream i l\u00e1<\/span>thair ag Rock Festival nua-aimseartha<\/span>, agus iad ag baint s\u00fa<\/span>lach<\/span>, toit, agus taitneamh as an \u00f3c\u00e1<\/span>id<\/span> sin,<\/span> agus mac le Jimmy Rabbitte agus a Bhanna<\/span> fh\u00e9in aige<\/span>, \u2018Moanin<\/span>\u2019<\/span> <\/span>at Midnight\u2019 <\/span>agus iad <\/span>ag ligint orthu go mba<\/span> B<\/span>hanna \u00f3n mBulg\u00e1<\/span>ir iad<\/span>,<\/span> agus \u2018I<\/span>\u2019m going to Hell\u2019, amhr\u00e1n nuachumtha, \u00e1<\/span> chanadh acu<\/span>, faoi mar ba amhr\u00e1n \u00e9 a ch\u00e9<\/span>adc<\/span>hanadh <\/span>sa bhliain 1932!<\/span><\/p>

Ach, le taitneamh ceart<\/span> a bhaint as an sc\u00e9<\/span>al seo<\/span>, caithfidh t\u00fa \u00e9 a l\u00e9amh duit fh\u00e9<\/span>in<\/span>, agus b\u00edodh gur bhain m\u00e9 fh\u00e9<\/span>in taitneamh as an leabhar seo<\/span>, agus b\u00ed<\/span>odh <\/span>gur thaitin cur chuige agus st\u00edl an \u00fadair, agus an chaoi ar bhain s\u00e9 \u00fas\u00e1id n\u00e1d\u00fartha as comhr\u00e1 t\u00edri\u00fa<\/span>il na gcarachtar, ag an am gc\u00e9<\/span>anna<\/span>, b\u2019fhearr liom fh\u00e9<\/span>in <\/span>go m\u00f3r fada d\u00e1 bhf\u00e9adfa\u00ed srian n\u00edos rite a choinne\u00e1il ar fhocl\u00f3ir an chomhr\u00e1 ch\u00e9anna sin. Ag an am gce<\/span>anna<\/span>, t\u00e1 m\u00e9<\/span> cinnte<\/span>, go bhfuil daoine ann ad\u00e9<\/span>arfadh<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>gur maise m\u00f3r ar an leabhar a leith\u00e9id de chomhr\u00e1 t\u00edri\u00fail, n\u00e1d\u00fa<\/span>rtha<\/span>,<\/span> a bheith ann. <\/span>F\u00e1gfa<\/span>idh m\u00e9 breith an d\u00e1 rogha ag an l\u00e9itheoir<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

….\u2018The Guts\u2019…. by Roddy Doyle Peadar Bair\u00e9ad (This week we take a look at Roddy Doyle\u2019s latest novel…The Guts…) \u00darsc\u00e9al \u00dar N\u00ed h\u00e9 seo an ch\u00e9ad \u00farsc\u00e9al a shil chugainn \u00f3 pheann l\u00edofa an \u00fadair iltr\u00e9itheach, \u00c1thcliathach, seo, n\u00f3 ba liosta le h\u00e1ireamh \u00e9 iad uilig a lua anseo, ach t\u00e1 m\u00e9 cinnte, gur cuimhin […]<\/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-12555","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\/12555","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=12555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12556,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12555\/revisions\/12556"}],"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=12555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}