Geddyn Greim er y Ghaelg
Ta bree noa ayns y Cheshaght Ghaelgagh ec y traa t'ayn, as ny shlee
dy leih jannoo studeyrys er yn chenn ghlare, ymmodee sleih aegey nyn mast'oc,
as s'treisht lhien ooilley dy vees chengey ny mayrey freilt
bio lurg ooilley. Agh shimmey keayrt ve jeeaghyn myr dy beagh ee raad
y vaaish.
Baarle ynrican goll er loayrt dy-chooilley voayl, as gyn
fockle erbee dy Ghaelg ry-chlashtyn. Agh choud's va ny Manninee dooie
as y Ghaelg oc paartail, fer lurg fer, va paart dy leih saa goll lesh
shilley er y sheeloghe shinney, loayrt roo as clashtyn roo as geddyn
greim er ny fockleyn as y blass kiart, as cheet dy ve cliaghtit rish
co-loayrtys 'sy chenn ghlare — deiney lheid as Illiam y Radcliffe,
Mark Braide, Juan y Geill, Doug y Karaghey, Leslie as Walter Quirk,
Walter y Chleree, Chalse y Craine, Ewan y Christeen, as shiartanse dy
fir elley, as b'yindyssagh dy jarroo yn obbyr va jeant oc y Ghaelg y
'reayll bio.
As myr shoh, ga dy row y snaie feer cheyl as faase, keayrtyn,
foast cha row eh rieau dy-bollagh brisht. Ta ooilley ny Manninee dooie
ersooyl, nish dy vel y fer s'jerree jeu, Ned Maddrell voish Glion Chass,
dooinney coar as gennal as lum-lane dy Ghaelg, caillt dooin; hooar eshyn
baase 'sy gheurey shoh chaie (1974). Agh ta'n Ghaelg foast bio as goll er loayrt
fud reyggyryn noa dy Vanninee, 'naght fodmayd gra reesht,
“Cha bee y Ghaelg dy bragh marroo choud's veesmainyn bio.”
Agh shimmey
keayrt v'ee er ve bunnys ersooyl. Er-my-hon hene, ga dy vel mee toiggal
paart dy Ghaelg nish, va mish ny smoo na daeed vlein dy eash roish my row
fockle erbee dy Ghaelg aym. Er yn oyr dy chaill mee my ayr as my voir
tra nagh row mee agh my phaitchey (cha nel cooinaghtyn erbee aym er my ayr,
hooar eh baase tra va mee foast 'sy chlean, as va my voir ersooyl
tra nagh row mee agh hoght bleeaney dy eash) va mee troggit marish my
hennayr as my warree ayns balley beg cheerey ayns mean ny h-ellan! She
Manninee dooie v'adsyn ny neesht, ruggit as troggit 'sy Ghaelg er-gerrey da
Glion Rushen, as b'oallagh daue loayrt ry-cheilley ass y Ghaelg traa erbee
nagh row ad geearree dy loayrt dy baghtal roish ny paitchyn ocsyn;
cha row Gaelg erbee er-lhimmey jeh fockle ny ghaa cadjin. Myr shen, ga dy row
yn chenn sleih flaaoil 'sy Ghaelg, cha dooar ny paitchyn oc un
'ockle j'ee, ny mish noadyr, as ayns y lught-thie ainyn, hooar y Ghaelg
baase ayns un heeloghe, son dy nee ooilley Baarle va ry-chlashtyn ayns ny
schoillyn. Un red symoil — s'cooin lhiam shenn dooinney va baghey
er y cheer cha nee foddey voish y thie ainyn, as va sleih gra nagh row
Baarle erbee echey. Cha nel mee lane shickyr nee yn 'irriney shoh ny
dyn, agh er dyn traa shen ta mee er chlashtyn dy row earroo dy gheiney
as vraane elley lheid as eshyn er y cheer, nagh dod y Vaarle y hoiggal
ny loayrt. As va palchey dy Ghaelg goll er loayrt fud ny shenn eirinee
er y cheer, as erskyn ooilley fud ny eeasteyryn, agh cha row fys aym
er shoh ec y traa shen.
Aghterbee, shen yn aght va mish er ny hroggal
ayns mean Ellan Vannin hene gyn fockle erbee er my hengey jeh'n ghlare
va my hennayryn er loayrt rish keeadyn dy vleeantyn. Ny lurg shen hie
mee dys schoill ayns Doolish rish kiare bleeaney; hooar mee greim er
cooid veg dy Rangish as Ladjyn, agh cha geayll mee fockle erbee mychione
my ghlare hene.
Fy-yerrey, 'sy vlein nuy keead jeig tree as feed, d'aag
shin y cheer as ghow shin thie ayns Purt-ny-h-Inshey. Ta fys aym nish dy row
palchey dy Ghaelg goll er loayrt mygeayrt-y-moom, agh cha dug mish
geill erbee jee. Ny sodjey na shen, va mee baghey ry-bleeantyn ayns y
thie cheddin marish shenn dooinney va fer jeh ny Manninee dooie share
'syn Ellan — Thomase Mc. Alistair, braar da my warree. S'cooin lhiam,
eer nish, dy row schoillaryn as studeyryn cliaghtey cheet dys y thie ain
dy loayrt rishyn as geddyn y blass kiart voish. Ta caslys aym foastagh
jeh Chalse y Craine ny hassoo eddyr Thomas as Harry Boddagh, Manninagh
dooie elley va baghey er-gerrey da Skylley Maayl ec y traa shen. Agh cha row
sym erbee aym er y Ghaelg ec y traa shen, bleb myr va mee, as cha
d'ynsee mish veg voish.
Te slane jarroodit aym nish cre'n aght ghow mee toshiaght
dy smooinaghtyn mychione y Ghaelg, agh s'cooin lhiam fastyr dy row
choud's va mee shooyl er Bayr ny Traie, tra haink eie ayns my
chione, “Nagh scammylt eh dy nee Manninagh mish, as ooilley my vooinjer
nyn Manninee myrgeddin, as er-hoh mish gyn fockle erbee dy Ghaelg er my
hengey? Cre oddys ve jeant mychione y chooish shoh?”
Va mee er chlashtyn hannah voish fer ennagh elley dy row brastyl
Gaelgagh goll er cummal boayl ennagh ayns Purt-ny-h-Inshey, agh choud's
shen cha row mee er ngoaill tastey erbee jeh. Agh va fys aym dy row un
chenn dooinney bentyn da'n vrastyl shoh — Caesar Cashin, va ruggit
ec y Niarbyl as troggit 'sy Ghaelg. Ga dy row eshyn foddey ny shinney
na mish, va mish ainjyssagh rish, son v'eh baghey ayns shap er-gerrey da'n
Crosh (Boayl y Vaghee), as va mish cliaghtit goll stiagh ayns shen
dy-mennick. Hie mee lesh shilley er Caesar as vrie mee jeh, “Ta mee
credjal dy vel brastylyn Gaelgagh goll er cummal ayns Purt-ny-h-Inshey,
as my she 'n 'irriney shen baillyms cosney stiagh ayn as paart dy Ghaelg
y gheddyn. She Manninagh mish, agh cha nel veg y Ghaelg aym.”
D'reggyr eshyn, “Ta brastyl cummit dagh Jerdein ayns thie beg er Kione
y Valley mysh shiaght er y chlag 'syn 'astyr. Ta mish ro henn nish dy yannoo
monney, agh ta mee shickyr dy vees failt ort traa erbee. Cur uss
shilley er Yamys y Kinlaoi, earroo daa yeig as feed Straid Ghoolish;
she eshyn yn ard ghooinney 'sy vrastyl nish.”
Loayr mee eisht rish Captain Kinlaoi, shenn hiaulteyr va mainshtyr y
phurt ec Purt-ny-h-Inshey, as b'haittin leshyn dy-jarroo studeyr noa
dy gheddyn, as hie mee dys y vrastyl laa-ny-vairagh.
Yn 'irrinney y
'ra, chaill mish cree er y toshiaght, son dy dooar mee mee-hene er my
hilgey jeeragh stiagh ayns yn ushtey dowin, lhaih magh ass yn
Vible Ghaelgagh, as mish gyn fockle dy Ghaelg ayns my kione ny er my
hengey. Rish shiaghteeyn va mee bunnys slane caillt, agh ny veggan as ny veggan
hooar mee tushtey jeh red beg dy ghrammeydys as shiartanse dy
'ockleyn, as ny lurg shen cha row eh ro olk, ga shegin dou goaill rish,
eer foastagh, nagh vel slane toiggal aym er y ghrammeydys Ghaelgagh.
Un 'ockle dy choyrle dys studeyryn, Jean-jee ymmyd ooilley'n traa jeh wheesh
dy Ghaelg as t'eu. Tra va mish g'ynsaghey b'oallagh dou loayrt rhym-pene
ec my obbyr, jannoo skeealyn as co-loayrtyssyn ayns my chione as cur
Gaelg orroo; as dy beagh red erbee nagh dod mee chyndaa ayns y Ghaelg,
verrin ny feyshtyn shoh roish y Captain cha leah as dod mee.
Cha nel chengey erbee bio choud's t'ee freilt ayns lioaryn as pabyryn. Ta rouyr
jeh nyn lheid ain hannah. Mannagh vel ee ry-chlashtyn fud yn theay,
cha n'eeu eh agh beggan.