{"id":5625,"date":"2022-07-19T08:47:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T08:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?p=5625"},"modified":"2022-07-19T08:47:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T08:47:39","slug":"taisce-bheo-aodan-o-cearbhaill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2022\/07\/19\/taisce-bheo-aodan-o-cearbhaill\/","title":{"rendered":"Taisce Bheo: Aod\u00e1n \u00d3 Cearbhaill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5624 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aodan.png\" alt=\"Aodan\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aodan.png 320w, https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aodan-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Aod\u00e1n \u00d3 Cearbhaill from Gaoth Dobhair speaks to Colm Mac Giolla Easpaig.<\/p>\n<p>In the first part Aod\u00e1n describes his family background and his teaching career to date.<\/p>\n<p>He goes on to detail the career break he took to teach Irish in Nova Scotia. In preparation for this role, Aod\u00e1n describes how he learnt Scottish G\u00e0idhlig and this leads him and Colm to discuss the similarities and differences between the Donegal dialect and G\u00e0idhlig.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Aod\u00e1n describes his affinity with Tory Island, the birthplace of his father, and recites a famous folklore story about how Colm Cille came to bring Christianity to the Island.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aod\u00e1n \u00d3 Cearbhaill: Taisce Bheo na nGael (1)\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5qL7jDY3sUI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A wordlinked transcript alongside the embedded video is available here: http:\/\/multidict.net\/cs\/10578<\/p>\n<p>In the second part of the conversation, Aod\u00e1n describes some customs and superstitions from Tory Island, most notably the story behind the Tory soil that keeps rats at bay. They discuss the musical heritage of the island before Aod\u00e1n sings \u201cAn Buachaill Deas \u00d3g\u201d, and they chat about how Aod\u00e1n is newly married and living in the area.<\/p>\n<p>This leads them to discuss the fate of this rural area. Aod\u00e1n explains his fear about the future of the language but also his hopes for tourism in the area. Planning issues are discussed before Aod\u00e1n details the polytunnel he had installed in his new home. They end the conversation with Aod\u00e1n describing the unique manner in which he would spend a win on the National Lottery, and he finishes with a rendition of the renowned Tory Island song \u201cAmhr\u00e1n na Scad\u00e1n\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aod\u00e1n \u00d3 Cearbhaill: Taisce bheo na nGael (2)\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fOGTKqNe_90?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A wordlinked transcript alongside the embedded video is available here: http:\/\/multidict.net\/cs\/10580<\/p>\n<p>This is the third set of Irish recordings in the Taisce Bheo na nGael project in which the UHI Language Sciences Institute with Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig and Soillse, together with Irish partners, record the natural speech of Irish and Scottish Gaelic speakers in their own communities with user-friendly equipment and techniques. We are again indebted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulster.ac.uk\/staff\/g-odomagain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Gear\u00f3id \u00d3 Domag\u00e1in<\/a>&nbsp;of Ulster University for his meticulous work on the transcriptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aod\u00e1n \u00d3 Cearbhaill from Gaoth Dobhair speaks to Colm Mac Giolla Easpaig. In the first part Aod\u00e1n describes his family background and his teaching career to date. He goes on to detail the career break he took to teach Irish in Nova Scotia. In preparation for this role, Aod\u00e1n describes how he learnt Scottish G\u00e0idhlig &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2022\/07\/19\/taisce-bheo-aodan-o-cearbhaill\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Taisce Bheo: Aod\u00e1n \u00d3 Cearbhaill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-call","category-community","category-research","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}