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Seoda Cartlainne

Seaweed / Aran Islands Image Name: Seaweed / Aran Islands Description: Seaweed draped over stones to dry on Inis Mór on the Aran Islands Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Currach Races - Aran Islands Image Name: Currach Races - Aran Islands Description: Currach race at Inis Mór (1987) Copyright: RTÉ Archives

Sa tsraith cartlainne seo, cuireann Eibhlín de Bhailís míreanna inár láthair ó chartlann na seirbhíse i gCasla.  Inniu, cloisfimid agallaimh ón gcartlann le beirt oileánach.  Ba as Eoghnacht in Inis Mór in Árainn do John Beag Johnny Ó Direáin,  a raibh cónaí air sa Sruthán in Inis Mór nuair a rinne sé an t-agallamh seo le John Beag Ó Flatharta sa bhliain 1994.  Tá Inis Gluaire suite amach ó chósta Leithinis an Mhuirthid in Iorras i gCo Mhaigh Eo.  Ní raibh aon chónaí ar an oileán ó luath sa bhFichiú hAois.  Ní mba as Inis Gluaire do Phatsy Ó Gacháin ó dhúchas, ach chuaigh sé chun cónaí ann agus é ina dhéagóir i 1922 féachaint lena bheatha a shaothrú ag iascaireacht.  Bhí Patsy ina chónaí ar an Eachléim nuair a rinne sé an t-agallamh seo le Máirtín Davy ó Coisdealbha i 1982.

In this archive series, Eibhlín de Bhailís brings us a rich store of material from the service archive in Casla, Co. Galway.   Today, Eibhlín brings us recordings with two islanders.  John Beag Johnny Ó Direáin was from Eoghanach in Inis Mór on the Aran Islands, and we’ll hear an interview today that he did with John Beag Ó Flatharta in the year 1994.  We’ll also hear an interview with Patsy Ó Gacháin, who was living on the island of Inis Gluaire out from the Mullet Peninsula, although he wasn’t originally from the island.  Máirtín Davy spoke to him in 1982 about his life there.