Tha e math a bhith a’ fuireach ann am Barraigh, gu h-àraid anns an t-samhradh. Bidh a’ ghrian ris agus bidh a h-uile duine a’ dol gu na tràighean àlainn, geala agus a’ snàmh anns a’ mhuir.  Ged a bhios a’ ghrian ris agus ged a tha a’ ghainmheach blàth, tha a’ mhuir glè fhuar—ach cha bhith sin gar stad!

Tha Barraigh trang anns an t-samhradh agus bidh sinn a’ faicinn tòrr shrainnsearan a’ tighinn a choimhead air an eilean agus a ghabhail pàirt anns a’ chultur againn: ’s urrainn dhaibh dannsa Gàidhealach fhaicinn, oràin Ghàidhlig a chluinntinn agus èisteachd ri ionnstramaidean Gàidhealach cuideachd.

Bidh sinn a’ dol a-mach gu dannsaichean far am bi Balaich Bhatarsaigh a’ cluiche agus far am bi an t-ùrlar làn leis a h-uile duine a’ dannsa. Tha sinn glè chinnteach gu bheil an luchd turais air fad toilichte nuair a tha iad a’ gabhail pàirt ann cuideachd.

’S a’ gheamhradh, tha i fuar ach aig amannan tha i àlainn cuideachd. Bidh a’ mhuir cho ciùin agus an t-adhar cho liath  agus tha e math a dhol a-mach cuairt air latha mar seo. Tha i snog air an oidhche nuair a tha na rionnagan a-muigh agus ni thu mach barrachd rionnagan ann am Barraigh oir chan eil tòrr sholais ann mar a tha ann am bailtean mòra.

Ach bidh an t-sìde glè robach cuideachd. Bidh i fiadhaich, bidh an t-uisge ann, bidh dealanaich is tàirneanaich ann agus uaireanan bidh sneachda againn. Bidh tuinn mhòra a’ bualadh air a’ chladach air an taobh an Iar. Uair neo dha sa’ bhliadhna, chan urrainn dhuinn a dhol dhan sgoil leis an droch shìde oir cha bhith dealan ann. Tha e ro chunnartach do na busaichean falbh leis cho làidir sa tha a’ ghaoth neo tha tuilleadh sa choir sneachda air na rathaidean. Nuair a bhios an t-sìde cho dona seo, chan urrainn don bhàt’-aiseig neo don itealan tighinn agus air sailleabh seo, cha bhith pàipearan nàidheachd neo biadh mar aran is bainne a’ tighinn. Cha bhith seo a’ dèanamh mòran dragh dhuinn oir tha sinn cho eòlach air.

’S urrainn do mhòran air an eilean Gàidhlig a bhruidhinn agus tha sinne a’ smaointinn gun e cànan feumail a th’ann—tha e math ma tha thu a’ bruidhinn air rud diomhair agus nach eil thu airson daoine eile do thuigsinn! Bidh sinne a’ bruidhinn Gàidhlig a h-uile latha còmhla ri ar pàrantan agus ar càirdean.

MAIREAD F. MACNEIL

COMMENTS

Subject: .. Date: Nov 28 2007 10:48:27 AM Author: Lizzy I wish i understood this... Subject: pseudo-irish idiots Date: Nov 04 2006 04:09:28 PM Author: Some name as gaeilge cause i'm that cool Why do idiots think this is Irish? Primary school dropouts "tiocfaidh ar la"...oh god, yes we know you're Irish "roisin...mna na heireann" (there's no hyphen freakshow Stop pretending to be "in the know" when you know fuck all. Subject: fenian Date: Mar 22 2006 01:38:22 PM Author: boring christ who is giving issues of vice to fucking fenians, thats like giving the bible to a slow loris and expecting it to "dig it". stick to an phoblacht friend. and before anyone starts throwing around the prod word, i was raised catholic in donegal, the ira's retirement home. who gives a fuck about some dead commie who's strings got pulled. i swear to god the pinko students in ireland are stuck in the nineties where nofx is always on the radio and its accectable to hate everything that isnt painted red. dude get a job have some kids and tell them this shit, there the only ones who will listen, at least for 14 years anyway. Subject: james connolly Date: Mar 02 2006 05:22:27 PM Author: fenian YOU ARE THE BIGGEST GOBSHITE I HAVE EVER HEARD ABOUT. IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO JAMES CONNOLLY WAS AND WHAT HE SUFFERED AND SACRAFICED FOR THE IRISH PEOPLE AND THE WORKING MAN YOU WOULD ONLY BE SINGING HIS PRAISES.UNLESS YOU ARE SOME KIND OF FACIAST OR SOME ANTI REPUBLICAN ANTI SOCIALIST BRIT SORE ABOUT THE DECLINE AND DEATH OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE OR PERHAPS YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE IRISH TRAITORS WHO CALLS HIMSELF A BRIT AND CANT EXCEPT THAT SOME DAY HE WILL BE FORCED TO BECOME PART OF A UNITED IRISH SOCIALIST REPUBLIC. SOCIALISM IS THE FUTURE AND SMALL MINEDED FACISTS LIKE YOU WILL EITHER EXCEPT IT OR DIE. LIKE THE GREAT HERO JAMES CONNOLLY SAID WE WILL RISE AGAIN AND PEOPLE LIKE WILL ONLY MEET A BAD END. Subject: Cleansing and sanctifying things Date: Jan 31 2006 10:57:35 AM Author: Padraig Pearse James Connoly was scheming commie maggot. That bastard was pure filth. Scottish "gallic" and Irish gaelic are related in the same way as Swedish and Danish. They are like extreme dialects of each other. Welsh, on the other hand, is totally incomprehensible to either, as are Cornish and Breton. Roisin Dubh means black Roisin, and was a euphemism for Ireland used when mention of it in poetry was proscribed. The man I see in pictures is not the same as the one looking out of my eyes. And yet indistinguishable. indistinguishableindistinguishableindistinguishableindis tinguishableindistinguishableindistinguishableindistinguisha bleindistinguishableindistinguishableindistinguishableindist inguishableindistinguishableindistinguishableindistinguishab leindistinguishableindistinguishableindistinguishableindisti nguishableindistinguishableindistinguishableindistinguishabl eindistinguishableindistinguishableindistinguishableindistin guishableindistinguishable Subject: sayin Date: Jan 26 2006 06:12:24 PM Author: james conoly tiocfaidh ar la means our day will come it is gealic and the ira ust 2 use it Subject: gaelic Date: Jan 25 2006 03:35:45 PM Author: pr. "Tiocfaidh ar la" is a slogan used by the IRA. these guys are scottish and speak a different type of gaelic, pronounced gallic. Subject: Mna na h-Eireann Date: Jan 20 2006 12:46:53 PM Author: Roisin Dubh Tiocfaidh ar la!