{"id":12957,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=12957"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:14:02","slug":"leaving-ardglass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/leaving-ardglass\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving Ardglass."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.2;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt\">\u00darsc\u00e9al Sp\u00e9isi\u00fail<\/span><\/h3><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h2 style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt\"><em>Leaving Ardglass<\/em>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..C\u00e9adchl\u00f3\u20262008<\/h2><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">le<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">William King<\/span><span style=\"font-size:18pt\"><em>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.12.50  Euro<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size:18pt\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">An tr\u00ed\u00fa h\u00farsc\u00e9al<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Seo an tr\u00ed\u00fa h\u00farsc\u00e9al \u00f3 pheann an \u00fa<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">dair eaglasta seo. Ins\u00edtear d\u00fainn ar chl\u00fadach c\u00fail an leabhair, gur rugadh an t-\u00fadar seo, William King, i gCiarra\u00ed, gur dhein s\u00e9 a chuid staid\u00e9ir i gCol\u00e1iste na hOllscoile, \u00c1th Cliath agus i gCol\u00e1iste na Croise Naofa, i gCluain Life. T\u00e1 s\u00e9 ina shagart pobail i nDroim Chonrach faoi l\u00e1thair. P\u00e9ire \u00farsc\u00e9al m\u00f3r-r\u00e1chairte i gcl\u00f3 uaidh, cheana f\u00e9in, agus n\u00ed call a r\u00e1 go mbeidh an-r\u00e1chairt ar an \u00farsc\u00e9al seo freisin, amach anseo. Is iad c\u00farsa\u00ed creidimh, agus c\u00farsa\u00ed eaglasta, pr\u00edomh\u00e1bhair an \u00farsc\u00e9il seo, agus d\u00e1r nd<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u00f3igh, c\u00e9 eile ach sagart, a thuigfeadh ina ioml\u00e1ine, saol agus saothair, caimil\u00e9ireacht agus camasta\u00edl, d\u00e1ir\u00edreacht agus ionraiceas, lucht caite \u00e9ide na n-eaglaiseach, c\u00e9 eile, ach sagart, n\u00f3 nach ndeirt\u00ed i gc\u00f3na\u00ed go dtuigfeadh Tadhg Taidhg\u00edn l\u00e1 ar bith den bhliain. Sea, d\u00e1r nd\u00f3igh, agus d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh an t\u00e9 a fuair oili\u00faint an tsagairt, buille faoi thuairim a thabhairt f\u00fathu, freisin!<\/span><\/p><h1 style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt\">Tom Galvin<\/h1><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Ach le filleadh ar an leabhar sp\u00e9isi\u00fail seo.  Is \u00e9 Tom Galvin an pr\u00edomhcharactar sa sc\u00e9al, agus is tr\u00edna sh\u00faile-sean a fheiceann muid an saol, mar a l\u00e9ir\u00edtear d\u00fainn \u00e9, san \u00farsc\u00e9al seo. Tosa\u00edonn an t-\u00fadar ag deireadh an sc\u00e9il, geall leis, d\u2019fh\u00e9adf\u00e1 a r\u00e1. Breathnaigh mar a chuireann s\u00e9 \u00e9 sa ch\u00e9ad chaibidil\u2026<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt;margin-left:36pt\">\u2018Time to ring the bell,\u2019 I remind the sacristan as I settle the green chasuble over my shoulders.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;margin-left:36pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">In the mirror beside the vesting bench, I can see him grip his walking stick and shuffle to the back door of the church, his shadow stretches out over the ancient flagstones. \u2018For whom the bell tolls, Monsignor.\u2019<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;margin-left:36pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">adeir s\u00e9\u2026<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">Sin an Monsignor Tom Galvin ag labhairt lena shacraisteoir, in eaglais Phar\u00e1iste Chill a\u2019 D\u00fain, roimh an Aifrinn, maidin amh\u00e1in. <\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">Iardhearcadh<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">T\u00e1 an Monsignor Tom ina shagart pobail sa phar\u00e1iste sin anois, d\u00e1 dheoin fh\u00e9in, b\u00edodh go raibh s\u00fail aige fh\u00e9in, agus ag roinnt mhaith eile freisin, l\u00e1 d\u00e1 raibh, go gcaithfeadh s\u00e9 m\u00edt\u00e9ar an easpaig, in \u00e1it bhair\u00e9ad an tsagairt phobail, s\u00e1r a leagfa\u00ed na hord\u00f3ga air. Ach nach \u2018in \u00e9 an saol agat! Rugadh \u00e1r bpr\u00edomhcharachtar in Ardglass, i gCiarra\u00ed. N\u00ed raibh m\u00f3ran f\u00e1ltais ag a mhuintir, ach d\u2019imigh dearth\u00e1ir leis go Londain, \u00e1it ar chnuasaigh s\u00e9 fhort\u00fan, agus ar ball, nuair a bh\u00ed a chuid me\u00e1nscola\u00edochta cr\u00edochnaithe ag Tom, chuir an dearth\u00e1ir sin, M.J. fios air, agus chuir i mbun oibre thall i Londain \u00e9, agus \u00e9 ag s\u00fail, go mbainfeadh Tom C\u00e9im Ollscoile amach, ar ball, agus go raghadh an bheirt acu i bp\u00e1irt\u00edocht mar Chonraitheoir\u00ed Foirgn\u00edochta thall. Chuaigh Tom i mbun oibre, agus ba ghearr go bhfaca s\u00e9 chomh cleasach, agus chomh cam, is a bh\u00ed gn\u00f3 na T\u00f3g\u00e1la thall. B\u2019ioma\u00ed cuairt a thug s\u00e9 ar an Halla Rince, an Galtymore, agus d\u2019admh\u00f3dh s\u00e9 fh\u00e9in gur thaitin na c\u00e9apair sin uilig leis. Fuair s\u00e9 chuile dheis le saol Shasana a bhlaiseadh ina ioml\u00e1ine, rud a dhein, ach ar deireadh thiar, bh\u00ed air rogha a dh\u00e9anamh, n\u00f3 bh\u00ed dh\u00e1 rogha ar an bpl\u00e1ta roimhe amach. D\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh s\u00e9 c\u00e9im a bhaint amach agus dul i bp\u00e1irt\u00edocht lena dhearth\u00e1ir, n\u00f3 d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh s\u00e9 dul le sagart\u00f3ireacht. <\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">Chuaigh s\u00e9 le Sagart\u00f3ireacht<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">Chuaigh s\u00e9 le sagart\u00f3ireacht, agus d\u2019\u00e9irigh thar barr leis i mbun na ceirde sin. Oirn\u00edodh ina shagart \u00e9, agus chaith blianta thall sa R\u00f3imh ag cur an chloch phr\u00e9ach\u00e1in ar a chuid l\u00e9inn.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">N\u00ed g\u00e1 a r\u00e1 gur sciob s\u00e9 an chraobh leis, thall ansin. Deineadh Monsignor de, agus bh\u00edothas cinnte go mbainfeadh s\u00e9 c\u00e9im ard amach sa saol eaglasta. <\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">Ar ball, th\u00e1inig s\u00e9 abhaile go h\u00c9irinn, agus n\u00edor dhein s\u00e9 dearmad riamh ar a nd\u00fairt an sagart \u00f3g leis sa R\u00f3imh. Bhuail s\u00e9 forr\u00e1n ar Tom, agus mar aguis\u00edn leis an bhforr\u00e1n sin, scaoil s\u00e9 an r\u00fan seo leis\u2026<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt;margin-left:36pt\">\u2018never forget, Tom, that when a man is sent to Rome to study, his bishop has him in mind for higher things. We\u2019re the Coldstream Guards. None of us here are pack animals. We\u2019d be wasted in a parish or on the missions\u2019\u2026.That\u2019s for the pass B.A. men\u2019<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">Bhain Tom s\u2019againne n\u00edos m\u00f3 n\u00e1 an Pass B.A. amach, n\u00f3 tar \u00e9is d\u00f3 tr\u00ed bliana a chaitheamh ag Propaganda Fide, bhain s\u00e9 a Dhocht\u00faireacht amach sa Diacht. <\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">An Bachall tuillte aige<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">Chaith s\u00e9 blianta ina dhiaidh sin ag cabhr\u00fa leis an Easpag Boylan in obair a dheoise si\u00fad. I nd\u00e1ir\u00edre, bh\u00ed gn\u00f3 an Easpaig sin \u00e1 dh\u00e9anamh aige, agus sin go cr\u00edochn\u00fail, n\u00f3 bh\u00ed a fhios ag fia is ag fiolar go raibh d\u00fail ag an Easpag c\u00e9anna sa mbraoin\u00edn. Tuigeadh i bhfad agus i ngearr go mbeadh an Monsignor Tom ina chomharba ar an Easpag Boylan, ar ball. Ach bh\u00ed sagairt eile sa dheoise ch\u00e9anna sin, agus ar bhealach amh\u00e1in, n\u00f3 ar bhealach eile, d\u2019\u00e9irigh le duine acu an bhearna a bhaint den Monsignor ar deireadh thiar, agus f\u00e1gadh Tom bocht mar th\u00e1naiste ag an bhfear c\u00e9anna sin. <\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">F\u00eds an Mh\u00edt\u00e9ir caillte<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">N\u00edor \u00e9irigh leis, \u00e1fach, an t-iomaire sin a threabhadh d\u00edreach, agus i ndeireadh na d\u00e1la, d\u2019iarr s\u00e9 ar an Easpag nua sin, par\u00e1iste iarg\u00falta a thabhairt d\u00f3. Rinne an tEaspag rud air, agus sin mar a thosa\u00edonn an sc\u00e9al seo agus an Monsignor Tom i mbun oibre, mar shagart pobail, i gCill a\u2019 D\u00fain, agus f\u00eds an mh\u00edt\u00e9ir caillte aige, faoi mar a chaill s\u00e9 gus agus gaisce laethe a \u00f3ige.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">An-sc\u00e9al, an-st\u00edl, an-insint. B\u2019fh\u00e9idir gur mhaith leat triail a bhaint as?   <\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\"> <span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00darsc\u00e9al Sp\u00e9isi\u00fail . Leaving Ardglass\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..C\u00e9adchl\u00f3\u20262008 le William King\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.12.50 Euro An tr\u00ed\u00fa h\u00farsc\u00e9al Seo an tr\u00ed\u00fa h\u00farsc\u00e9al \u00f3 pheann an \u00fadair eaglasta seo. Ins\u00edtear d\u00fainn ar chl\u00fadach c\u00fail an leabhair, gur rugadh an t-\u00fadar seo, William King, i gCiarra\u00ed, gur dhein s\u00e9 a chuid staid\u00e9ir i gCol\u00e1iste na hOllscoile, \u00c1th Cliath agus i gCol\u00e1iste na Croise [&hellip;]<\/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-12957","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\/12957","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=12957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12958,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12957\/revisions\/12958"}],"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=12957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}