17/09/2007
Tha litir bheag na seachdain aig Ruairidh MacIllEathain.
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An Litir Bheag 122
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An Litir Bheag 122
An t-seachdain sa chaidh bha mi ag innse dhuibh mun t-seann sgeulachd Táin Bó Cuailnge. Bha arm Chonnacht agus arm Uladh an aghaidh a chèile. Bha Banrigh Chonnacht – Medb – ag iarraidh tarbh donn. Bha an tarbh donn aig na h-Ultaich. Rinn Cuchulainn an gnothach air a h-uile gaisgeach aig arm Chonnacht. Ach nochd a bhrà thair dalta, Ferdiad, na aghaidh. Cha robh Cuchulainn ag iarraidh sabaid leis.
Ach cha robh dol-às ann. Airson trì latha bha Cuchulainn is Ferdiad a’ sabaid le chèile. Cha robh duine dhiubh a’ buannachadh. Ghabh Cuchulainn an cuthach. Thilg e an sleagh aige. Bha an sleagh os-nà darrach. Fhuair Ferdiad bà s. Bha an tà mailt air Cuchulainn. Dh’fhà g e am blà r.
Dh’fhalbh arm Medb. Bha an tarbh donn aca. Bha iad a’ dol a Chonnacht leis an tarbh dhonn. Ach thà inig saighdearan Uladh às an dèidh. Bha batail ann. Rinn na h-Ultaich a’ chùis. Thug arm Uladh an tarbh donn dhachaigh leotha.
Air an rathad dhachaigh thachair an tarbh donn ris an tarbh mhath aig Ailill, Rìgh Chonnacht (an duine aig Medb). Thug am fear donn ionnsaigh air an fhear eile. Fad latha is oidhche bha iad a’ sabaid. Bhuannaich am fear donn.
Thachair a h-uile cà il a tha sin ann an Èirinn. Ach tha à ite aig Alba anns a’ ghnothach. Oir thathar ag rà dh gun do dh’ionnsaich Cuchulainn na sgilean aige anns an Eilean Sgitheanach. Bha sin fo stiùir na banrigh ainmeil, Sgà thach.
Tha feadhainn a tha measail air camanachd – spòrs traidiseanta nan Gà idheal – ag innse an stòiridh a leanas: O chionn fhada, thà inig gaisgeach Èireannach a dh’Alba. Le trì ceumannan mòra, thà inig e don Eilean Sgitheanach. Fhuair e foghlam aig a' Bhanrigh Sgà thach. Bha e ag ionnsachadh mu armachd is gaol. Mar thiodhlac, thug e an gèam – camanachd – do mhuinntir na h-Alba. Cò bha ann? Uill, chanainn gu bheil e gu math coltach ri Cuchulainn.
Faclan is abairtean
Faclan is abairtean: Bha arm Chonnacht agus arm Uladh an aghaidh a chèile: the army of Connaught and the army of Ulster were against each other; bha an tarbh donn aig na h-Ultaich: the Ulstermen had the brown bull; rinn Cuchulainn an gnothach air a h-uile gaisgeach: Cuchullin defeated every hero; nochd a bhrà thair dalta: his foster-brother; cha robh dol-às ann: there was no escape; cha robh duine dhiubh a’ buannachadh: neither of them was winning; ghabh Cuchulainn an cuthach: Cuchullin went into a frenzy; bha an sleagh os-nà darrach: the spear was supernatural; bha an tà mailt air Cuchulainn: Cuchullin was horrified; dh’fhà g e am blà r: he left the battlefield; leis an tarbh dhonn: with the brown bull; thà inig saighdearan Uladh às an dèidh: Ulster soldiers came after them; rinn na h-Ultaich a’ chùis: the Ulstermen won; thug am fear donn ionnsaigh air an fhear eile: the brown one attacked the other one; fad latha is oidhche bha iad a’ sabaid: for a day and night they were fighting; gun do dh’ionnsaich Cuchulainn na sgilean aige anns an Eilean Sgitheanach: that Cuchullin learned his skills on the Isle of Skye; a dhìon Ulaidh: which protected Ulster; an stòiridh a leanas: the story that follows; trì ceumannan mòra: three big steps; fhuair e foghlam aig a' Bhà nrigh Sgà thach: he was educated by Queen Sgà thach; mar thiodhlac, thug e an gèam – camanachd – do mhuinntir na h-Alba: as a present, he gave a gift – shinty – to the people of Scotland.
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