A Thig Ná Tit Orm Le Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6-BFylb40o 6 noim

Samhradh na bliana 1958 Fuair sé post nuair a bhí sé timpeall cúig bliana déag ag seinm an bosca ceoil do na céilithe sa halla i rith an tsamhraidh. (He got a job when he was about 15 playing the accordian for the ceilí’s in the hall during the summer) Bhíodh sé gléasta go deas néata le léine ghlan air agus brillantine ina chuid gruaige. (He used to be dressed nice + neat with a clean shirt on + b in his hair) Bhuail sé le chailín álainn darb ainm Eibhlín. Bhí sí ar chúrsa samhraidh. (He met a lovely girl called E. She was on a summer course) Chaith siad an mhí ar fad le chéile. Bhí an bheirt acu croí briste nuair a tháinig deireadh leis an gcúrsa. (They spent the full month together. Both of them were heart –broke when the course ended)

Rinne sé iarracht buaileadh le hEibhlín ar an oíche deireanach. (He tried to meet E. on the last night) Bhí plean aige , d’úsáid sé agus a chara dréimire ag an bhfuinneog ag an lóistín ach tháinig an bean an tí amach agus chuir sí an ruaig orthu. Bhuail sí na buachaillí leis an scuab! (He had a plan, he + his friend used a ladder at the window of the accommodation but the bean an tí came out and she frightened them off. She hit the boys with a sweeping brush)

Sasana Ní raibh sé ábalta príntíseacht a fháil nuair a chríochnaigh sé sa cheardscoil. Mar sin shocraigh sé ar dhul go Sasana, mar a raibh a dheartháir Dónall ann. (He wasn’t able to get an apprenticeship when he finished in the tech. So, he decided to go to England where his brother Dónall was) Bhí sé gceist aige bliain a chaitheamh i Sasana agus costas an bhealaigh go Meiriceá a shabháil. (He was planning to spend a year in England and to save the cost of his way to America) Thug a chara, Muiris, tríocha punt dó ar iasacht. Dúirt sé lena thuismitheoirí go raibh sé ag dul go dtí cluiche i mBaile Átha Cliath. (His friend, Muiris, gave him a lend of 30 pounds. He told his parents that he was going to a game in Dublin) Fuair sé an bád go Sasana i ngan fhios dá thuismitheoirí. (He got the boat to England without his parents knowing) Cheap sé go raibh Baile Átha Cliath go dona ach bhí Londan i bhfad níos measa. (He thought Dublin was bad but London was way worse)

D’aimsigh sé lóistín a dheartháir Dónall i Woodgreen. (He found his brother D’s accom in Woodgreen) Chuaigh sé amach ag lorg oibre agus fuair sé post i mhonarcha. (He went out looking for work and Bhí ionadh an domhain ar Dhónall nuair a chonaic sé Maidhc an oíche sin. Bhí siad ag caint Gaeilge le chéile agus ní raibh an bean an tí sásta leis sin. (D. was very surprised when he saw M. that night. They were talking Irish together & the bean an tí was not happy with that) Bhí bean an tí contrártha agus shocraigh siad lóistín nua a fháil le chéile. (She was contrary & they decided to get new accommodation together) Scríobh Maidhc litir abhaile ag tabhairt míniú ar chonas ar tharla sé a bheith i Londain agus chuir sé cúig phunt ann dá chlann sa bhaile. (M. wrote a letter home giving an explanation for how he came to be in London + he put in £5 for his family at home)