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Seoda Cartlainne

Fishing Boat 1972 Image Name: Fishing Boat 1972 Description: A fishing boat followed by a flock of birds, taken during interviews for RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta in 1972. Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Lobster pots Galway 1969 Image Name: Lobster pots Galway 1969 Description: A view of lobster pots stacked on a pier at Inishmore in the Aran Islands, off the coast of County Galway in July 1969. Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Donegal fishermen Image Name: Donegal fishermen Description: Two fishermen cast nets from their boat, at an unidentified location in County Donegal on 16 April 1968. Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Image Ref. No. 2027/050 Image Name: Image Ref. No. 2027/050 Description: Three fishermen sorting through their catch on board the trawler 'Foyle Fisher', at sea off Clogher Head, County Louth, on 18 September 1970. Copyright: RTÉ Archives

Is í an iascaireacht a bheidh faoi chaibidil in eagrán an lae inniu den tsraith samhraidh seo le hEibhlín de Bhailís bunaithe ar ábhar ó chartlann RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.  Cloisfidh muid daoine ag cur síos ar an tábhacht a bhain leis an iascaireacht mar shlí mhaireachtála nuair a bhíothas ag streachailt leis an mbeagán, agus daoine eile ar thaitin sé leo a bheith ag iascach mar chaitheamh aimsire.  Ar na cainteoirí a chloisfidh muid inniu beidh Peadar Sheáin Mhaitiú Ó Domhnaill as an gCeathrú Rua, Cóilín Ó Tuathail as na hAille in Indreabhán agus an máistir báid mhóir é fhéin, Johnny Bailey, as an Doirín Glas i Leitir Móir ó dhúchas.

Fishing is the theme of this week’s archive programme, presented by Eibhlín de Bhailís.  We’ll hear descriptions of fishing as a way of life when times were tough, and others talk about it as a pastime.  The speakers will include Peadar Sheáin Mhaitiú Ó Domhnaill from An Cheathrú Rua, Cóilín Ó Tuathail from na hAille in Indreabhán and the legendary Johnny Bailey from an Doirín Glas in Leitir Móir.