28/12/2015
Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruaraidh MacIllEathain a-mach air clann Lir agus mar a bhris iad a' gheas a bh'orra son 900 bliadhna. The week's short letter for learners.
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An Litir Bheag 555
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An Litir Bheag 555
Tha mi ag innse dhuibh na seann sgeulachd thraidiseanta 鈥� Clann Lir. Bha a鈥� chlann fo gheasaibh. Bha cruth ealachan orra. Bha iad air Loch Dairbhreach ann am meadhan na h-脠ireann airson tr矛 cheud bliadhna. Bha iad an uair sin air uisgeachan Sruth na Maoile, eadar Alba is 脠irinn, airson tr矛 cheud bliadhna. A-nise bha tr矛 cheud bliadhna gu bhith aca ann an Innis Gluaire far costa taobh an iar na h-脠ireann.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Th脿inig seann duine chun an loch-mhara far an robh na h-ealachan a鈥� sn脿mh. 鈥橲 e duine naomh a bha ann. 鈥橲 e Mochua an t-ainm a bha air. Chunnaic e na h-ealachan. Bha e e貌lach air an t-seann sgeulachd mu Chlann Lir.
Bha comas labhairt agus comas seinn aig Clann Lir fhathast. Nuair a chunnaic iad an seann duine, dh鈥檌nns iad dha gum b鈥� iad Clann Lir. Dh鈥檉haighnich iad dheth gu d猫 an Dia a bha aige. 鈥楢n Dia 霉r,鈥� thuirt e. Bha e a鈥� ciallachadh Dia nan Cr矛osdaidhean.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Dh鈥檌nns Mochua dhaibh mun Dia 霉r thr貌caireach aca. Bha a鈥� chlann toilichte. 鈥橲 e fuaim clag Cr矛osdail a bhriseadh an geas a bha orra. Dh鈥檌nns iad sin don t-seann duine.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Chruinnich Mochua seann chlaidheamhan airson an iarainn. Leagh e an t-iarann agus rinn e clag leis. Bha e an impis an clag a sheinn, nuair a nochd gaisgeach. 鈥業s mise Liargren, R矛gh Chonnacht,鈥� thuirt e. 鈥楾ha mo bhean ag iarraidh gum bi na h-ealachan br猫agha sin aice. Thoir dh貌mhsa iad!鈥� Mura faigheadh e na h-ealachan, thuirt e ri Mochua gun losgadh e an caibeal aige gu l脿r.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Bha na h-ealachan air an cur ann an carbad. Mus do dh鈥檉halbh iad, sheinn an clag anns a鈥� chaibeal. Bha an geas briste. An d猫idh naoi ceud bliadhna, bha Clann Lir ann an cruth dhaoine a-rithist. Theich Liargren. Th貌isich aois air laighe air a鈥� chloinn, ge-t脿, agus th脿inig coltas bhodach is chailleachan orra. Bhaistich Mochua iad uile mus tigeadh b脿s orra.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥橲 e sin sgeulachd Clann Lir. Nuair a chluinneas sibh guileag na h-eala, 鈥檚 d貌cha gum bi sibh a鈥� cuimhneachadh air na ceithir ealachan a bha be貌 fo gheasaibh airson naoi ceud bliadhna.聽The Little Letter 555
I was telling you the old traditional story 鈥� The Children of Lear. The children were under a spell. They were in the form of swans. They were on Lough Derravaragh in the middle of Ireland for three hundred years. They were then on the waters of the Straits of Moyle, between Scotland and Ireland, for three hundred years. Now they would have three hundred years in Inis Glora off the west coast of Ireland.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 An old man came to the sea loch where the swans were swimming. He was a holy man. His name was Mochua. He saw the swans. He knew the old story about the Children of Lear.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Children of Lear could still speak and sing. When they saw the old man, they told him that they were the Children of Lear. They asked him which God he had [ie worshipped]. 鈥楾he new God,鈥� he said. He meant the God of the Christians.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Mochua told them about their new merciful God. The children were pleased. It was the noise of a Christian bell that would break the spell that was on them. They told the old man that.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Mochua collected old swords for their iron. He melted the iron and made a bell with in. He was about to ring the bell, when a hero appeared. 鈥業 am Liargren, the King of Connaught,鈥� he said. 鈥楳y wife wants those beautiful swans to be hers. Give them to me!鈥� If he didn鈥檛 get the swans, he told Mochua that he would burn his chapel to the ground.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The swans were put in a carriage. Before they left, the bell in the chapel rang. The spell was broken. After nine hundred years, the Children of Lear were again in the form of people. Liargren fled. Age began to lie upon the children, however, and they began to look like old men and women. Mochua baptized them all before they died.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 That鈥檚 the story of the Children of Lear. When you hear the note of the swan, perhaps you鈥檒l remember the four swans that lived under a spell for nine hundred years.Broadcast
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