Bailiúchán Bhairbre

The pier at Cill Rónáin in Inis Mór in the 1950s Image Name: The pier at Cill Rónáin in Inis Mór in the 1950s Description: The pier at Cill Rónáin in Inis Mór in the 1950s Copyright: Mary Conneely
The pier at Cill Rónáin in Inis Mór in the 1950s Image Name: The pier at Cill Rónáin in Inis Mór in the 1950s Description: The pier at Cill Rónáin in Inis Mór in the 1950s Copyright: Mary Conneely

Inniu, i gclár a 12, beidh muid thall’s abhus, in Éirinn is in Árainn, agus beidh taifid ó chóisir tí, agus cóisir imircigh freisin, le cloisteáil againn.  Closifidh muid John Beag Johnny Ó Dioráin ag rá ‘An Caiptín Ó Máille’, agus taifid le Pat Pheaidí Ó hIarnáin as Árainn, Coilmín a’ tSeoighigh, Muintir Uí Mhainnín i Ros Muc, Cyril Maude, agus Tom Mhaidhcil Sheáin Pheaidí Ó Conaire as Glinn Chatha.  Cloisfidh muid corr-theachtaireacht i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla chuig gaolta i Meiriceá a taifeadadh ag cóisir imircigh i gCill Rónáin freisin.  Sa tsraith seo cloistear ceolta agus amhráin Árann agus Chonamara mar a thaifead Bairbre Quinn as Árainn iad ó dheireadh na 1950í go dtí na 1970í.  Is í Deirdre Ní Chonghaile a chuirfidh an clár i láthair.

Today, in the 12th programme in this series, we’ll hear John Beag Johnny Ó Díoráin singing ‘An Caiptín Ó Máille’, as well as recordings from Pat Pheaidí Ó hIarnáin from Árainn, Coilmín a’ tSeoighigh, Muintir Uí Mhainnín in Ros Muc, Cyril Maude, and Tom Mhaidhcil Sheáin Pheaidí Ó Conaire from Glinn Chatha.  We’ll also hear some messages to relatives in the US, in English and Irish, recorded at an emigration party in Cill Rónáin.  This series showcases some of the many recordings made by Bairbre Quinn on a tape recorder in the Aran Islands and Conamara in the second half of the Twentieth Century.  Deirdre Ní Chonghaile presents.