Sa bhliain 1960 fógraíodh go raibh Oileán Inis Airc , oileán Gaeltachta in aice le hInis Bó Finne amach ó chósta na Gaillimhe, le bánú. Chuaigh Proinsias Ó Conluain ó Radio Éireann ann le muintir an oileáin a thaifeadadh. Chomh maith leis sin, scríobh sé mion-chuntas ar a bhfaca sé – bás oileáin, bás teanga agus uaigneas daoine a d’fhulaing go leor tubaistí farraige. Scríobh sé: “Tom Lacey an fear is sine (73) ar Inis Airc. É tugtha don mhachnamh (na mic a cailleadh ar an fharraige go mór mhór). Cainteoir maith Béarla – níl sé chomh líofa sa Ghaeilge. Beag duine nár chaill duine muinteartha ar an fharraige”. Tá cuntas Phroinsias Uí Chonluain chomh tábhachtach leis na taifeadtaí a rinne sé, agus beidh sé á léamh ag Brian Mullen dúinn ar an chlár seo inniu. Láithriú: Ian Lee.
In 1960 the Gaeltacht island of Inishark near Inishbofin off the coast of Galway was evacuated. Proinsias Ó Conluain from Radio Éireann travelled there to record the few remaining islanders and he described in detail in his diary what he observed of a dying island and language, a people sad and upset at having to leave. He wrote: “Tom Lacey (73) is the oldest person on the island. He was inclined to contemplation (particularly his two sons who had been drowned). He was a good speaker of English – not so fluent in Irish. Nearly all the islanders had lost relatives at sea”. Proinsias Ó Conluain’s decriptions and observations are as important as the recordings he made and they’ll be read for us today on the programme by Brian Mullen. Presented by Ian Lee.