{"id":13355,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=13355"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:06:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:06:37","slug":"the-footman-by-a-o_connor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/the-footman-by-a-o_connor-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Footman by A O_Connor 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Im\u2019 N\u00f3ibh\u00edseach dom, sna Dachaid\u00ed<\/span> 1<\/span><\/p>

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

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(This week I share with you my experience as a Novice in the mid-forties)<\/em><\/span><\/p>

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S\u00ed<\/span>lim gur inis m\u00e9<\/span> dhaoibh cheana<\/span>,<\/span> go raibh fonn or<\/span>m,<\/span> <\/span>le linn m\u2019\u00f3<\/span>ige, <\/span>dul<\/span> isteach sna sagairt. Bhuel, bh\u00ed, agus chuir m\u00e9 leis an bhfonn sin tr\u00ed dhul isteach i gCol\u00e1ist\u00ed<\/span> an SMA<\/span>, i mB\u00e9al an \u00c1<\/span>tha Fhada, agus i gCorcaigh<\/span> na gCuan<\/span>,<\/span> agus ar deireadh thiar<\/span>,<\/span> i Me\u00e1n F\u00f3mhair na bliana 1945,<\/span> thug m\u00e9 aghaidh ar N\u00f3ibh\u00ed<\/span>seacht an SMA<\/span> c\u00e9anna sin <\/span>i \u2018<\/span>Clochballymore<\/span> House<\/span>\u2019<\/span>, in aice le Cill Cholg\u00e1<\/span>in<\/span>,<\/span> i gContae na Gaillimhe.<\/span> <\/span>Mh\u00ednigh m\u00e9 cheana, go mba leis an gCunta Llewellyn Blake an Teach M\u00f3r c\u00e9anna sin, fear a d\u2019\u00e9irigh as an tsaighdi\u00faireacht <\/span>san Ind agus \u00e9 na L<\/span>eifteanantchoir<\/span>n\u00e9al sna Connaught Rangers<\/span> ag an am. Ar ball, tar \u00e9is d\u00e1 bhean b\u00e1s d\u2019fh\u00e1il, agus \u00e9 f\u00e1gtha gan chlann, gan oidhre, shocraigh s\u00e9 ar a Theach M\u00f3r a bhronnadh ar an SMA, mar N\u00f3ibh\u00edseacht, rud a bh\u00ed ag teast\u00e1il go g\u00e9ar uathu<\/span>san<\/span>, ag an am, tharla go raibh siad ar an m\u00edle dh\u00edcheall, ag iarraidh C\u00faige neamhsple\u00e1ch den Chumann sin, a bhun\u00fa anseo in \u00c9irinn. <\/span><\/p>

Turas dh\u00e1 l\u00e1!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Ba bheag feabhas a bh\u00ed tagtha ar ch\u00fa<\/span>rsa\u00ed taistil sa t\u00edr seo, \u00f3 <\/span>thaistil m\u00e9 go Wilton, Chorca\u00ed, tr\u00ed bliana roimhe sin, agus d\u00e1 bhr\u00ed sin, b\u2019\u00e9igean dom dh\u00e1 l\u00e1 <\/span>fhada <\/span>a chaitheamh<\/span> ag taisteal \u00f3 bhaile na Druime in Iorras,<\/span> go <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Teach Cloughballymore<\/span>\u2019<\/span>,<\/span> ach i ndeireadh na feide, shroich m\u00e9 cathair na Gaillimhe, agus ceart go leor, bh\u00ed duine ansin, ag fanacht orm, le mo thabhairt \u00f3 st\u00e1isi\u00fan na traenach ansin, go dt\u00ed an N\u00f3ibh\u00edseacht. Ni capall <\/span>agus jaunt<\/span> a bh\u00ed aige seo, faoi mar a bh\u00edodh i mB\u00e9al an \u00c1tha Fhada, i gContae Mhaigh Eo. N\u00edorbh ea mh\u2019anam, ach carr bre\u00e1 gal\u00e1nta. Tharla go raibh beirt, n\u00f3 tri\u00far eile, ag dul ar an aistear c\u00e9anna liom, agus bhailigh an tAthair Harrington muid leis ina charr <\/span>bre\u00e1, gal\u00e1nta<\/span>. Fear \u00edseal, tana\u00ed, l\u00e1ch<\/span>, ba <\/span>ea an sagart seo,<\/span> agus ollamh cliste, l\u00e9annta, eolgaiseach, freisin.<\/span><\/p>

Suanliosanna<\/span> fuara, fol<\/span>mha<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

N\u00ed call dom a r\u00e1, nach raibh seomra\u00ed d\u00e1r gcuid fh\u00e9in le f\u00e1il againn sa N<\/span>\u00f3ibh\u00edseacht sin.<\/span> N\u00ed raibh againn ach suanliosanna fuara, fol<\/span>mha. Tugadh a leaba fh\u00e9in do chuile dhuine againn, agus chuireamar pe acair\u00ed, agus \u00e9ada\u00ed, a bh\u00ed againn, isteach i gc\u00f3ifr\u00edn a bh\u00ed ag taobh na leapan<\/span> sin<\/span>, ag chuile dhuine againn. Nuai<\/span>r a bh\u00ed an gn\u00f3 sin d\u00e9anta<\/span>, tugadh ar chuairt na N\u00f3ibh\u00edseachta sinn. Bh\u00ed ansin, in \u00e9i<\/span>neacht leis na suanliosanna,<\/span> A<\/span>ireagal bre\u00e1, fairsing<\/span>,<\/span> agus seomra\u00ed<\/span> ranga<\/span> maraon le halla ollmh\u00f3r staid\u00e9ir. Teasp\u00e1ineadh an Bhialann mh\u00f3<\/span>r, fhairsing, d\u00fainn freisin. N\u00ed lampa\u00ed pearaif\u00edn a bh\u00ed \u00e1<\/span> <\/span>n-\u00fas\u00e1id sa bhfoirgneamh seo, n\u00edorbh ea mh\u2019anam, ach soilse gl\u00e9igeala leictreacha. Tugadh spl\u00e9achadh d\u00fainn freisin, ar chuid den Teach M\u00f3r fh\u00e9in, mar a raibh parl\u00fais, seomra\u00ed feithimh, agus seomra\u00ed na sagart, suite. Samhla\u00edodh domsa, ach go h\u00e1irithe, go mba neamha\u00ed an t-ionad \u00e9 an N\u00f3ibh\u00edseacht \u00e1lainn seo, i <\/span>\u2018<\/span>Clough<\/span>ballymore House<\/span>\u2019<\/span>. <\/span>Col\u00e1iste a bh\u00ed againn anseo, cinnte, ach ag an am gc\u00e9anna, ba N\u00f3ibh\u00edseacht \u00e9, agus b\u2019in \u00e9 pr\u00edomhghn\u00f3 an ionaid seo. Dh\u00e9anfa\u00ed chuile iarracht ar bhealach an Spioraid a l\u00e9iri\u00fa, agus a mh\u00faineadh, do chuile N\u00f3ibh\u00edseach, le linn an ama a chaitheadh s\u00e9 ansin. Cinnte, mar ad\u00fairt m\u00e9, ba Chol\u00e1iste \u00e9, agus mh\u00fainf\u00ed Feals\u00fanacht d\u00fainn freisin, agus d\u00e1r nd\u00f3igh, nach bre\u00e1 a raghadh an p\u00e9ire sin, an Fheals\u00fanacht, agus an N\u00f3ibh\u00edseacht, le c<\/span>h\u00e9ile, i m\u00fanl\u00fa spiorad\u00e1lta na Ma<\/span>c L\u00e9inn<\/span>?<\/span>  <\/span><\/p>

T\u00ed<\/span>rdhreach boireannach<\/span>!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Bh\u00ed rainse m\u00f3r ag dul leis an bhfoirgneamh sin, ach i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre, n\u00edor thalamh maith \u00e9 an chuid ba mh\u00f3 de, n\u00f3 ba chos\u00fail le t\u00edrdhreach boireannach \u00e9. <\/span>Anois is ar\u00eds, <\/span>nuair a bh\u00edodh l\u00e1 saoire n\u00f3 a leith\u00e9id d\u2019\u00f3c\u00e1id againn, th\u00e9imis ag f\u00e1na\u00edocht tr\u00edd an rainse c\u00e9anna sin, agus nach orainn a bh\u00edodh an t-\u00e1thas, agus an t-ionadh, nuair a thagaimis ar fhoireann bhre\u00e1 mh\u00f3r de chapaill\u00edn\u00ed Chonamara, ag r\u00e9abadh <\/span>leo thar na carraigreacha, n\u00f3 bh\u00ed seansagart ag cur faoi sa N\u00f3<\/span>ibh\u00edseacht sin, Spar\u00e1na\u00ed na hI<\/span>nstiti\u00faide, a raibh sp\u00e9is an domhain aige sna capaill\u00edn\u00ed c\u00e9anna sin, agus dh\u00e9anadh seisean iad a ph\u00f3r\u00fa agus a th\u00f3g\u00e1il ar fheirm an Chol\u00e1iste. Nach minic a chuireamar ceist orainn fh\u00e9in faoi<\/span>\u2019<\/span>n chaoi ar \u00e9irigh leis na beighigh sin teacht i dt\u00edr ar thalamh chomh bocht, neamhthorth\u00fail<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>

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Im\u2019 N\u00f3ibh\u00edseach dom, sna Dachaid\u00ed 1 Peadar Bair\u00e9ad. . (This week I share with you my experience as a Novice in the mid-forties) . S\u00edlim gur inis m\u00e9 dhaoibh cheana, go raibh fonn orm, le linn m\u2019\u00f3ige, dul isteach sna sagairt. Bhuel, bh\u00ed, agus chuir m\u00e9 leis an bhfonn sin tr\u00ed dhul isteach i gCol\u00e1ist\u00ed […]<\/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-13355","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\/13355","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=13355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13356,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13355\/revisions\/13356"}],"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=13355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}