{"id":12911,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=12911"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:07:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:07:45","slug":"l-a-a-n-d-o-c-h-a-i-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/l-a-a-n-d-o-c-h-a-i-s\/","title":{"rendered":"L a a n D o c h a i s"},"content":{"rendered":"

L \u00e1 a n D \u00f3 c h a i s .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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A Day Called Hope……………c\u00e9adchl\u00f3<\/span>………………..2003.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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Gareth O\u2019Callaghan………………………………………..\u00a310.99.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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By Chance .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

De thaisme (by chance<\/strong>) a th\u00e1inig m\u00e9 ar an leabhar seo a ch\u00e9aduair. Cara liom a d\u2019fhiafraigh d\u00edom an mbeadh aon sp\u00e9is agam i leabhar faoin ngarla dubhach, n\u00f3 an \u201cdepression\u201d, mar a thugtar air, i mB\u00e9arla na Banr\u00edona. <\/p>

\u201cDiabhal m\u00f3r\u00e1n sp\u00e9ise agam sa ngarla c\u00e9anna sin, ach amh\u00e1in, gur mhaith liom fanacht glan amach uaidh, chomh fada agus is f\u00e9idir liom\u201d, arsa m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in, \u00e1 fhreagairt.<\/p>

Bhuel, arsa mo chara, <\/p>

\u201cB\u2019fh\u00e9idir gur mhaith le do l\u00e9itheoiri iomad\u00fala tuairisc a fh\u00e1il uait ar an leabhar c\u00e9anna sin, i do chol\u00fan, I mB\u00e9al an Phobail.\u201d , sa Kilkenny People.<\/p>

\u201cB\u2019fh\u00e9idir gur agatsa at\u00e1 an ceart,\u201d arsa m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in. \u201cTabharfaidh m\u00e9 faoi.\u201d <\/p>

\u201cBeidh m\u00e9 ag s\u00fail le p\u00edosa a l\u00e9amh faoi, sa Kilkenny People, amach anseo, mar sin\u201d, ar seisean.<\/p>

\u201cS\u00fail agam, nach \u00e9 s\u00fail U\u00ed Dhubhda le hArd na R\u00ed, agat \u00e9,\u201d arsa m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in.<\/p>

I Read The Book.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Le sin, bhronn s\u00e9 c\u00f3ip den leabhar sin orm. D\u2019fh\u00e1gamar sl\u00e1n ag a ch\u00e9ile, agus b\u2019in sin.<\/p>

N\u00ed bhfuair m\u00e9 deis ar bith an leabhar sin a l\u00e9amh go dt\u00ed go raibh F\u00e9ile Mh\u00f3r na Nollag thart, agus ansin, agus fad choisc\u00e9im coilig, ag teacht ar an l\u00e1, thug m\u00e9 aghaidh ar an leabhar seo, le Gareth O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>

Cheap m\u00e9 i dtosach, gur leabhar gairmi\u00fail a bheadh ann, ina gcuirfeadh an t-\u00fadar s\u00edos go mion, agus go hoibiacht\u00fail (objectively<\/strong>), ar an ngalra dubhach c\u00e9anna sin, agus i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre, n\u00ed bheadh m\u00f3r\u00e1n suime agam i leabhar teicni\u00fail d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id. N\u00ed mar sin a bh\u00ed in aon chor, a mhalairt ar fad a bh\u00ed idir cham\u00e1in ag an \u00fadar, n\u00f3 ba dhuine \u00e9, a chaith blianta fada faoi chuing dobhrste an ghalra ch\u00e9anna sin. <\/p>

Deep Despair .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Cuireann an t-\u00fadar seo t\u00fas lena R\u00e9amhr\u00e1 go f\u00f3rs\u00fail, d\u00e1na, agus s\u00fail siar aige bealach an \u00e9ad\u00f3chais, as a dt\u00e1inig s\u00e9, agus an ts\u00fail ghlan, ghl\u00e9 ghlas, eile aige, roimhe s\u00edos b\u00f3thar an d\u00f3chais, a sh\u00edneann roimhe amach go l\u00e9as anois. Ach, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir n\u00e1r mhiste deis a thabhairt don \u00fadar fh\u00e9in an m\u00e9id sin a chur os \u00e1r gcomhair amach, ina bhealach fh\u00e9in….<\/p>

\u201cIn 1999 I was diagnosed with clinical depression. For years before then I had been living a life I despised, a life that always felt beyond my control. It affected my job, tore into my family relationships and took me to the brink of suicide. Yet today I am fit and healthy, happier than I have been in many years, successful, independent, ambitious, and more hopeful and optimistic about the future than I could have ever imagined. There is no sign in any aspect of my life of the depression that almost destroyed me.\u201d<\/p>

Despair And Hope .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Bhuel, sin an ch\u00e9ad chaibidil den R\u00e9amhr\u00e1 agat, agus is d\u00f3cha go bhf\u00e9adf\u00e1 a r\u00e1, go bhfuil creatlach (skeleton<\/strong>) an sc\u00e9il uilig le f\u00e1il agat, sa mh\u00e9id sin. Cuimhnigh ar an gcine\u00e1l saoil a chaith s\u00e9 sular cuireadh ainm ar a ghalar d\u00f3. Ansin, fi\u00fa, agus an galra dubhach imithe go smior na gcn\u00e1mh ann, d\u2019\u00e9ir\u00edodh leis a chuid oibre, mar L\u00e1ithreoir ar Chl\u00e1r gradamach Raidi\u00f3, a chur i gcr\u00edch go cumasach, \u00e9ifeachtach, scili\u00fail, ach chomh luath is a bh\u00edodh an m\u00e9id sin d\u00e9anta aige, chaitheadh s\u00e9 bun\u00fas an chuid eile den l\u00e1, ina leaba. Sa leabhar seo, d\u00e9anann s\u00e9 cur s\u00edos ar an gcruatan agus ar an anr\u00f3 tr\u00ednar ghaibh s\u00e9, sular \u00e9irigh leis na saineolaithe a ghalra a aithint. Admha\u00edonn s\u00e9, nach galra b\u00e1is \u00e9, an galra dubhach c\u00e9anna sin, ach ag an am gc\u00e9anna, cuireann s\u00e9 strus chomh m\u00f3r sin ar an t\u00e9 a tholgann \u00e9, go mb\u00edonn baol, agus dh\u00e1 bhaol go minic, ann go gcuirfeadh le l\u00e1mh ina bh\u00e1s fh\u00e9in, agus de r\u00e9ir cos\u00falachta, is ag dul i m\u00e9ad at\u00e1 an baol c\u00e9anna sin, le himeacht aimsire, n\u00f3 t\u00e1 uimhir na ndaoine a chuireann l\u00e1mh ina mb\u00e1s fh\u00e9in ag dul i m\u00e9ad, go suntasach, le blianta beaga anuas.<\/p>

A Personal Journey .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Sa leabhar seo, t\u00e9ann an t-\u00fadar siar ar ch\u00farsa\u00ed a shaoil fh\u00e9in, agus d\u00e9anann iarracht ar phicti\u00far a thabhairt d\u00fainn, ar chruatan, agus ar anr\u00f3 saoil, an t\u00e9 a bhfaigheann an galra seo greim air. D\u00e9anann s\u00e9 cur s\u00edos ar a \u00f3ige, ar a scola\u00edocht, agus ar an smacht a cuireadh i bhfeidhm sna ranganna, le cabhair on tslat, n\u00f3 \u00f3n leathar, ag braith ar an scoil ar ar dhein t\u00fa freastal. N\u00edor tuigeadh don \u00fadar seo, go raibh an l\u00e9asadh a tugadh do dhalta\u00ed, tuillte, n\u00f3 oiri\u00fanach. Ach, n\u00edos d\u00e9ana\u00ed, agus \u00e9 thart ar aon bhliain d\u00e9ag d\u2019aois, tugadh m\u00ed-\u00fas\u00e1id ghn\u00e9is d\u00f3, m\u00ed-\u00fas\u00e1id a lean ar feadh bliana, geall leis. Is d\u00f3cha go raibh baint ag na c\u00farsa\u00ed sin uilig leis an ngalra dubhach a theacht air, ar ball. Anuas go dt\u00ed an pointe sin d\u00e1 shaol, bh\u00ed l\u00e1n-mhuin\u00edn (confidence<\/strong>) aige as an Eaglais Chaitliceach, agus as na sagairt freisin, ach chuir ar tharla d\u00f3, i rith na bliana sin, cr\u00edoch leis an gcreideamh daingean sin a bh\u00ed aige. F\u00e9ach mar a chuireann s\u00e9 fh\u00e9in \u00e9..<\/p>

\u201cYet behind this imposing facade lay something rotten, which would eventually destroy the Church as we knwo it; sexual abuse against young boys and girls.\u201d<\/p>

Mhill na tarl\u00faint\u00ed sin uilig a chreideamh, a dh\u00f3chas, agus a mhuin\u00edn in \u00fadar\u00e1s daonna. Is d\u00f3cha gur fh\u00e1s a ghalra as ar tharla d\u00f3, agus as a bhfaca s\u00e9 ag tarl\u00fa do dhaoine eile, le linn a \u00f3ige. Tuigeadh d\u00f3 scait\u00ed, go raibh s\u00e9 ag dul le buile. Bh\u00ed an t-\u00e1dh air go raibh sp\u00e9is mhillteanach aige sa cheol, agus is d\u00f3cha gurbh \u2018in a th\u00e1inig i gcabhair air, in am an gh\u00e1tair. Uaidh sin, d\u2019\u00e9irigh leis dul le craolt\u00f3ireacht, agus sa tsl\u00ed sin, bh\u00ed ancaire diongmh\u00e1ilte ansin aige, a choinn\u00edodh sl\u00e1n \u00e9, ar longbhriseadh, is ar bh\u00e1s, \u00e9.<\/p>

Ach, anois n\u00ed sc\u00e9al gan d\u00f3chas \u00e9 seo, in aon chor, a mhalairt ar fad at\u00e1 f\u00edor, n\u00f3 is \u00e9 f\u00e1th ar chuir an t-\u00fadar dua na scr\u00edbhneoireahta air fh\u00e9in, sa ch\u00e1s seo, n\u00f3 le d\u00f3chas a chur ar f\u00e1il d\u00f3ibh si\u00fad, a bhfuil an galra uaf\u00e1sach seo gafa go smior na gcn\u00e1mh iontu. <\/p>

A Life-belt .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

D\u2019\u00e9irigh leis-sean an galra seo a chlo\u00ed, agus s\u00edneann s\u00e9 crios tarrth\u00e1la (life-belt<\/strong>) chuig \u00e9inne at\u00e1 ag fulaingt faoi bhr\u00e1ca an ghalra seo, Sin an f\u00e1th ar chuir m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in romham an leabhar seo a l\u00e9amh, a ch\u00e9aduair, agus ansin, p\u00edosa a scr\u00edobh anseo, i mB\u00e9al an Phobail, faoin leabhar seo, ag s\u00fail go mb\u2019fh\u00e9idir go mbainfeadh duine eic\u00ednt, a bhfuil an galra seo ag cur as d\u00f3, ag s\u00fail go mbainfeadh s\u00e9 leas as an leabhar seo, lena sheoladh ar ais ar\u00eds ar bhealach a leasa is a shl\u00e1inte.<\/p>

One of the strange ironic truths about depression is that the healing takes place when we concentrate on the present and future, not on the past…..<\/p>

Nowadays I revel in the idea of the future and all its possibilities. When I look to the future today I think to myself; You have the power to do anything you want.<\/p>

Gan dabht ar domhan, d\u2019\u00e9irigh le Gareth an galra dubhach a chlo\u00ed, agus a fh\u00e1g\u00e1il taobh thiar de, agus aghaidh a thabhairt ar bh\u00f3thar mealltach an d\u00f3chais, a sh\u00edneann idir \u00e9 agus l\u00e9as. Gurab \u00e9 an d\u00e1la c\u00e9anna \u00e9, ag \u00e9inne a bhfuil an glara dubhach seo ag teacht idir \u00e9, agus s\u00edoch\u00e1in agus suaimhneas anama agus coirp.<\/p>

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Nathanna cainte………….<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Coisc\u00e9im coiligh<\/span><\/strong>……….A cock\u2019s step….a short step……the length that comes in the day from Christmas onwards.<\/p>

S\u00fail U\u00ed Dhubhda le hArd na R\u00ed<\/span><\/strong>. O Dowd\u2019s hope of getting back Ardnaree…..a hope that will not be fulfilled.<\/p>

Galra <\/span><\/strong> = galar, galra is quite a common form of the word, as used in the west of Ireland.<\/p>

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Peadar Bair\u00e9ad.<\/p>

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L \u00e1 a n D \u00f3 c h a i s . . ************************ . A Day Called Hope……………c\u00e9adchl\u00f3………………..2003. le Gareth O\u2019Callaghan………………………………………..\u00a310.99. . ************************** By Chance . De thaisme (by chance) a th\u00e1inig m\u00e9 ar an leabhar seo a ch\u00e9aduair. Cara liom a d\u2019fhiafraigh d\u00edom an mbeadh aon sp\u00e9is agam i leabhar faoin ngarla dubhach, […]<\/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-12911","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\/12911","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=12911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12912,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12911\/revisions\/12912"}],"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=12911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}