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Báid i Ros a Mhíl Image Name: Báid i Ros a Mhíl Description: Báid i Ros a Mhíl Copyright: Anne Roddy. Please credit.
Báid i Ros a Mhíl Image Name: Báid i Ros a Mhíl Description: Báid i Ros a Mhíl Copyright: Anne Roddy. Please credit.
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
Fishermen Image Name: Fishermen Description: Donegal fishermen (1968) Copyright: RTÉ

Is í an bhádóireacht a bheidh faoi chaibidil i gclár an lae inniu, a bheidh á chur i láthair ag Eibhlín de Bhailís.  Ba shlí mhaireachtála a bhí thar a bheith coitianta sa taobh thiar den tír a bhí sa mbádóireacht sna blianta siar, saol crua, anróiteach go minic.  Labhair bádóirí, saortha bád agus dream seoltóireachta go minic ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta thar na mblianta.  Ina measc bhí Robert Mháire Simon Mac Donnchadha as Muicineach Idir Dhá Sháile, Beartla Mac an Rí as Tír an Fhia agus Peaitín Mháirtín Ó Conghaile as Leitir Mealláin, triúr bádóirí a chloisfidh muid ar chlár an lae inniu.

Boating and sailing will be the topics of today’s programme, presented by Eibhlín de Bhailís.  Many people once made their livelihood on the sea, particularly in the west of the country, although it was a difficult way of life.  Boatmen, boat makers, and sailors have often been featured on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta over the years, and today we’ll hear interviews recorded with three of them, Robert Mháire Simon Mac Donnchadha from Muicineach Idir Dhá Sháile, Beartla Mac an Rí from Tír an Fhia and Peaitín Mháirtín Ó Conghaile from Leitir Mealláin.