Sa gclár ‘Focal ar Fhocal’ ó chartlann RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta a chraoladh ar maidin Dé Domhnaigh, éisteoidh muid le sleachta ón leabhar ‘An tOileánach’ a scríobh Tomás Ó Criomthain in 1923. Liam Budhlaeir a bhí i mbun na léitheoireachta nuair a craoladh ar dtús é in 1973. Cuntas atá sa leabhar ar shaol an údar agus é ag éirí aníos ar an mBlascaod Mór, oileán atá suite cúpla míle amach ó chósta Chorca Dhuibhne i gContae Chiarraí. Breathnaítear ar an saothar mar cheann de na saothair Ghaeilge is fearr a scríobhadh ariamh, tugtar léargas inti ar shaol na ndaoine a bhíodh ar an oileán iargúlta seo, oileán atá tréigthe sa lá atá inniu ann.
In this programme of Focal ar Fhocal, from the RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta archives we hear Liam Budhlaeir reading extracts from the book ‘An tOileánach’ written by Tomás Ó Criomthain in 1923. The book is an account of the life of the author as he grows up on the Great Blasket Island, located a few miles off the coast of Corca Dhuibhne in County Kerry. Seen as one of the best Irish language works ever written, it gives an insight into the lives of those who lived on this remote, deserted Island.
