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Bha mi ag innse dhuibh mar a chunnaic mi 猫isg gu le貌r ann an 脠irinn. B鈥� iad na h-猫isg sin garbhagan, rionnaich agus saoidheanan. Bha iad a鈥� l矛onadh b脿gh air cladach 脕rainn Mh贸r. 鈥橲 e sin eilean beag far costa an iar-thuath.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Bha sinn a鈥� glacadh gu le貌r de na h-猫isg. Bha a鈥� chlann agam air a dhol suas gu taigh bodaich. Bha iad a鈥� faighneachd dhen bhodach an robh e ag iarraidh 鈥荣补辞颈诲丑别补苍补苍鈥� no 鈥荣补颈迟丑别鈥� no 鈥榗辞补濒蹿颈蝉丑鈥�. Ach cha do thuig e gin de na faclan sin. Th脿inig e don chladach.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Mas math mo chuimhne, 鈥檚 e 驳濒铆辞蝉补苍 no rudeigin coltach ri sin a bha aige fh猫in air an t-saoidhean. Thug sinn na h-uidhir dha.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Nuair a th脿inig an dorchadas, bha na h-猫isg fhathast anns a鈥� bh脿gh. An ath mhadainn, bha iad fhathast ann. D猫 bha gan cumail ann? Leumadairean 鈥檚 d貌cha? Chan eil fhios agam.

听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥橲 e na chuir an t-eilean sin nam chuimhne leabhar beag a th脿inig a-mach o chionn ghoirid. 鈥橲 e D霉thchas na Mara ainm an leabhair. Tha e a鈥� toirt s霉il air d脿 eilean Gh脿idhealach 鈥� 脕rainn Mh贸r ann an 脠irinn agus Barraigh ann an Alba.

听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥橲 iad Iain MacFhionghain agus Ruth N铆 Bhraon谩in na h-霉ghdaran. Tha iad a鈥� sgr矛obhadh seo mun d脿 eilean: 鈥�..tha iasgairean dhen bheachd gu bheil an teachd-an-t矛r is an d貌igh-beatha aca fo bhagairt aig buidhnean cumhdachdach nach eil a鈥� toirt cluas-ri-claisneachd dhaibh.鈥�

听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥橲 iad na 鈥榖uidhnean cumhachdach鈥� Dualchas N脿dair na h-Alba agus Riaghaltas na h-脠ireann. Tha Dualchas N脿dair na h-Alba ag iarraidh d脿 脿rainn gleidheadh-mara ainmeachadh ann an uisgeachan Bharraigh. Chuir Riaghaltas na h-脠ireann d脿il air iasgach le l矛n-siabaidh far chosta 脕rainn Mh贸r. Tha an leabhar a鈥� toirt s霉il air an 诲霉迟丑肠丑补蝉 co-cheangailte ri gach eilean. Tha na h-霉ghdaran ag r脿dh gu bheil sin a鈥� buntainn a cheart cho m貌r ris a鈥� mhuir 鈥檚 a tha e ris an t矛r.

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I was telling how I saw a lot of fish in Ireland. Those fish were sprats, mackerel and saithe. They were filling a bay on the shore of Aranmore. That鈥檚 a small island off the north-west coast.

听听听听听听 听We were catching a lot of the fish. My children had gone up to an old man鈥檚 house. They were asking the old man if he wanted 鈥榮aoidh-eanan鈥� or 鈥荣补颈迟丑别鈥� or 鈥榗辞补濒蹿颈蝉丑鈥�. But he didn鈥檛 understand any of those words. He came to the shore.

听听听听听听听 If my memory serves me correctly, his own name for the saithe was 驳濒矛辞蝉补苍 or something like that. We gave him a lot [of them].

听听听听听听听 When darkness fell, the fish were still in the bay. Next morning, they were still there. What was keeping them there? Dolphins, perhaps? I don鈥檛 know.

听听听听听听听 What brought that island to mind was a small book that came out recently. The book is called Belonging to the Sea. It looks at two Gaelic islands 鈥� Aranmore in Ireland and Barra in Scotland.

听听听听听听听 Iain Mackinnon and Ruth Brennan are the authors. They write this about the two islands: 鈥� ...the fisherman believe that their livelihood and way of living are being threatened by powerful institutions who are not listening to them.鈥�

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听听听听听听听 The 鈥榩owerful institutions鈥� are Scottish Natural Heritage and the Irish Government. Scottish Natural Heritage wants to designate two marine conservation areas in the waters of Barra. The Irish Govern-ment has placed a moratorium on fishing with drift-nets off the coast of Aranmore. The book looks at the 诲霉迟丑肠丑补蝉 connected to each island. The authors say that [诲霉迟丑肠丑补蝉] is connected as much to the sea as it is to the land.