{"id":13427,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=13427"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:07:03","slug":"watching-the-door-by-kevin-meyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/watching-the-door-by-kevin-meyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching the Door by Kevin Meyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ag faire de sh\u00edor<\/span><\/h1>

Watching the Door<\/span><\/h1>

   (A Memoir 1971 \u2013 1978)<\/span><\/h4>

By<\/span>  <\/span><\/h4>

Kevin Meyers<\/span><\/h1>

Scr\u00edbhneoir c\u00e1ili\u00fail<\/h3>

Ar na mallaibh is ea th\u00e1inig m\u00e9 ar an leabhar seo a cheaduair, b\u00edodh gur cuireadh cl\u00f3 air anuraidh, agus caithfidh m\u00e9 admh\u00e1il dhuit, gur bhain m\u00e9 an-taitneamh as, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir nach \u00e9 sin an focal f\u00f3irstineach, i gc\u00e1s leabhair d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id, ach leor a r\u00e1, go bhfuil roinnt mhaith sc\u00e9alta \u00e1 r\u00edomh ag an \u00fadar tr\u00ed mhe\u00e1n an sc\u00e9il seo. D\u00e9anfaidh m\u00e9 tagairt don ghn\u00e9 sin den leabhar, ar ball, ach i dtosach b\u00e1ire, c\u00e9ard faoi\u2019n \u00fadar fh\u00e9in? <\/h2>

Bhuel! Nach beag duine sa t\u00edr seo n\u00e1r chuala tr\u00e1cht Kevin Meyers, an Iriseoir, agus an Nuacht\u00f3ir, c\u00e1ili\u00fail seo, mar t\u00e1 a ainm I mb\u00e9al an phobail, le blianta fada anois, agus nach maith at\u00e1 an ch\u00e1il sin tuillte aige, tr\u00edna chuid scr\u00edbhneoireachta ar nuach\u00e1in \u00e1irithe, thall is abhus tr\u00ed dhomhan an Bh\u00e9arla, ach go h\u00e1irithe tr\u00edna chol\u00fan c\u00e1ili\u00fail, misni\u00fail, \u201cAn Irishman\u2019s Diary\u201d san Irish Times, nuacht\u00e1n ar shaothraigh s\u00e9 d\u00f3, ar feadh roinnt mhaith blianta. T\u00e1 c\u00e1il bainte amach ag Kevin freisin, mar \u00farsc\u00e9ala\u00ed agus mar chraolt\u00f3ir. <\/h2>

An \u201cIrish Drumbeat\u201d sin<\/span><\/h2>

I Leicester Shasana a rugadh \u00e9, cupla bliain, n\u00f3 tr\u00ed, I ndiaidh an Chogaidh Mh\u00f3ir, mar a raibh a athair ag obair ag an am. D\u2019fh\u00e1s s\u00e9 suas ansin, mar ar t\u00f3gadh \u00e9 mar Chaitliceach \u00f3g \u00c9ireannach.<\/h2>

\u201cFar from being raised a republican, I had not even been raised in any real sense as Irish, just Catholic, although Ireland remained a constant drumbeat to my heart from over the horizon.<\/h2>

Ar ball, bhain s\u00e9 C\u00e9im amach sa Stair I UCD, agus beagnach i ngan fhios d\u00f3 fh\u00e9in, fuair s\u00e9 post le RT\u00c9, agus nuair a tharla gur theastaigh nuacht\u00f3ir \u00f3n St\u00e1isi\u00fan le cur go B\u00e9al Feirste, roghna\u00edodh an t-\u00fadar, leis an mbe\u00e1rna sin a l\u00edonadh. Tuigtear don \u00fadar fh\u00e9in, nach raibh s\u00e9 c\u00e1ilithe go cu\u00ed don phost sin, ach mar sin fh\u00e9in, bhailigh s\u00e9 a chip is a mhe\u00e1naithe, agus \u00f3 thuaidh leis. Sin an sc\u00e9al at\u00e1 \u00e1 r\u00edomh aige sa leabhar sp\u00e9isi\u00fail, spreag\u00fail seo, na heachtra\u00ed a bhain d\u00f3, \u00f3 1971 go dt\u00ed 1978, tr\u00e1th raibh an Tuaisceart I ngreim docht na bhf\u00f3rsa\u00ed \u00fad, ar theastaigh uathu, ar thaobh amh\u00e1in, an ceangal le Sasana a bhriseach, agus ar an dtaobh eile, bh\u00ed na f\u00f3rsa\u00ed \u00fad, ar theastaigh uathu an ceangal sin a choinne\u00e1il, agus a dhaingni\u00fa.<\/h2>

Oscailt S\u00fal !<\/span><\/h2>

L\u00e1 i ndiaidh lae, agus bliain i ndiaidh bliana, d\u2019\u00e9irigh an t-\u00fadar cleachtach ar choga\u00edocht, ar imshu\u00edonna, ar lu\u00edoch\u00e1in, agus ar mhar\u00fa gan trua gan taise. Anois, mhair m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in tr\u00ed na blianta c\u00e9anna sin freisin, agus l\u00e9igh m\u00e9 na cuntais a bh\u00edodh foilsithe sna nuacht\u00e1in, ag an am, ach caithfidh m\u00e9 a admh\u00e1il, go mba oscailt s\u00fal domsa an leabhar seo a l\u00e9amh, n\u00f3 l\u00edon s\u00e9 isteach na be\u00e1rna\u00ed, agus chuir s\u00e9 ar mo sh\u00faile dom, go raibh an leagan amach, \u00f3 thuaidh, i bhfad \u00c9ireann n\u00edos measa, n\u00edos gr\u00e1ice, agus n\u00edos f\u00edochmhaire, n\u00e1 mar a tuigeadh d\u00fainne anseo, ag an am. In aimsir chogaidh n\u00edor ch\u00f3ir don l\u00e9itheoir leath d\u00e1 l\u00e9ann s\u00e9 a chreidi\u00faint!<\/h2>

Chomh maith le cuntas a thabhairt d\u00fainn ar an gcoga\u00edocht \u00f3 thuaidh, faoi mar a thabharfadh iom\u00e1na\u00ed ar bith ar chla\u00ed, s\u00e9 sin, fear a chonaic gn\u00edomhartha \u00e1 nd\u00e9anamh, agus gn\u00edomhartha nach ndearnadh, tugann s\u00e9 le fios d\u00fainn freisin, an chaoi ar chuir s\u00e9 aithne ar roinnt mhaith daoine, a raibh p\u00e1irt ghn\u00edomhach \u00e1 glacadh acu sa choga\u00edocht, agus san uisce faoi thalamh a ghabh lei.<\/h2>

I mbearna an bhaoil<\/span><\/h2>

Taobh le taobh leis na sc\u00e9alta sin faoi choga\u00edocht agus faoi mhar\u00fa, tugann an t-\u00fadar l\u00e9argus mac\u00e1nta, inchreidte, d\u00fainn, ar ch\u00farsa\u00ed a shaoil fh\u00e9in, tr\u00ed na blianta cr\u00e1ite, c\u00e9asta, sin. Ins\u00edonn s\u00e9 d\u00fainn, go hoscailte, neamhbhalbh, faoi na mn\u00e1 ar chuir s\u00e9 aithne orthu, agus n\u00e1r mhinic a tharraing na c\u00farsa\u00ed c\u00e9anna sin isteach I mbe\u00e1rna an bhaoil \u00e9, bearna nach mbeadh aon \u00e9al\u00f3 uaithi, d\u00e1 mb\u00e9arfa\u00ed air, i leaba a bheadh crosta air!<\/h2>

Leabhar sp\u00e9isi\u00fail<\/span><\/h2>

T\u00e1 sc\u00e9alta le l\u00e9amh sa leabhar seo freisin, faoi charachtair \u00e1irithe, a ghlac p\u00e1irt n\u00e1r bheag sna Triobl\u00f3id\u00ed \u00f3 Thuaidh, ach caithfidh m\u00e9 an chuid eile den obair a fh\u00e1g\u00e1il f\u00fat fh\u00e9in. T\u00e1 m\u00e9 cinnte, go mbainfidh t\u00fa s\u00e1samh as an leabhar seo. Sea, chaith an t-\u00fadar blianta fada \u201cWatching the Door\u201d, ar eagla go dtiocfadh gunnad\u00f3ir buile isteach i ngan fhios, agus go spr\u00e9ifeadh s\u00e9 an \u00e1it le luaidhe the, mharfach. <\/h2>

Ach t\u00e1 na laethe sin thart anois, agus b\u00edmis bu\u00edoch do Dhia d\u00e1 bharr. <\/h2>

.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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