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Ar imeall thiar na hEorpa ata\u0301 an Blascaod Mo\u0301r suite, timpeall tri\u0301 mhi\u0301le o\u0301 mhi\u0301ntir na hE\u0301ireann agus dha\u0301 mhi\u0301le e\u0301igin mi\u0301le o\u0301n gcuid is co\u0301ngarai\u0301 de Mheiricea\u0301 Thuaidh. Nuair a bhi\u0301 saol ni\u0301os fearr a\u0301 thaibhseamh do ghlu\u0301nta de Bhlascaodaigh o\u0301ga d’fhe\u0301achadar i dha\u0301 threo sula ndeineadar a rogha. Do chuaigh cuid acu trasna an Bhealaigh agus do lonnai\u0301odar i nDu\u0301n Chaoin, ar an Muiri\u0301gh no\u0301 in a\u0301iteanna eile sa chomharsanacht. D\u2019fhe\u0301ach cuid eile acu i dtreo Mheiricea\u0301 gur tho\u0301gadar ba\u0301d na himirce o\u0301 Cho\u0301bh.<\/p>\n
Bhi\u0301 du\u0301shla\u0301n nach beag rompu seo a roghnaigh Meiricea\u0301. Mar chainteoiri du\u0301chais Gaeilge is ar e\u0301igean a bhi\u0301odar aon phioc ni\u0301os fearr as na\u0301 na hEorpaigh eile sin – Ru\u0301isigh, Unge\u0301irigh, Ucre\u0301inigh, Polannaigh, Gre\u0301igigh, loda\u0301laigh agus Gearma\u0301naigh – gur teanga nua ar fad do\u0301ibh ba ea an Be\u0301arla.<\/p>\n
Sall go Springfield, Massachussetts a chuaigh formho\u0301r mhuintir an Oilea\u0301in agus do mhair cuid mhaith acu in e\u0301ineacht le che\u0301ile in a\u0301it ar an mbaile sin ar a dtugtar \u2018Hungry Hill\u2019. Labhartar Gaeilge Chiarrai Thiar i Springfield go dt\u00ed an la\u0301 ata\u0301 inniu ann.<\/p>\n
D\u2019e\u0301irigh go hiontach lena la\u0301n a chuaigh ar imirce go Meiricea\u0301 agus do theip go tubaisteach ar roinnt eile. Ba e\u0301 an da\u0301la ce\u0301anna ag na Blascaodaigh e\u0301. Do shocraigh cuid acu si\u0301os go maith do\u0301ibh fe\u0301in ach bhi\u0301 cuid eile acu na\u0301 fe\u0301ad fadh coimea\u0301d suas le fuadar agus neamh-phearsantacht an tsaoil thall.<\/p>\n
I gcuimhne ar Tom Biuso, fear a thug na blianta fada ag de\u0301anamh taighde ar shaol na mBlascaodach i Meiricea\u0301, ata\u0301 an chuid seo den dtaispea\u0301ntas. Bhi\u0301 an-chion air ag na Blascaodaigh a chuaigh ar imirce agus do dhein se\u0301 siu\u0301d deimhin de na\u0301 de\u0301anfai faill\u00ed na\u0301 dearmad orthu.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Confirmation girl Image” src=”http:\/\/blasket.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Buiso1.5-1.jpg” alt=”L\u00eds Bhofair N\u00ed Chath\u00e1in ar L\u00e1 a C\u00f3ineartaithe ar an Oile\u00e1n. An g\u00fana at\u00e1 \u00e1 chaitheamh aici, ba \u00e9 g\u00fana p\u00f3sta a aint\u00edn tr\u00e1th. Seoladh abhaile \u00f3 Mheirice\u00e1 agus gearradh s\u00edos don \u00f3c\u00e1id \u00e9. c. 1919.” title_text=”L\u00eds Bhofair N\u00ed Chath\u00e1in ar L\u00e1 a C\u00f3ineartaithe ar an Oile\u00e1n. An g\u00fana at\u00e1 \u00e1 chaitheamh aici, ba \u00e9 g\u00fana p\u00f3sta a aint\u00edn tr\u00e1th. Seoladh abhaile \u00f3 Mheirice\u00e1 agus gearradh s\u00edos don \u00f3c\u00e1id \u00e9. c. 1919.” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Tom Biuso Quote Testimonial” author=”An tOllamh Tom Biuso, \u00f3 Springfield \u00f3 dh\u00fachas, Ollamh le B\u00e9arla in Colby Sawyer College, New Hampshire” url_new_window=”off” quote_icon=”on” use_background_color=”on” background_color=”#f5f5f5″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
…Since the great potato famine of the 1840s….the Blasket Islands have had a much more intimate link\u00a0with the west, with that next parish, in the form of the American city of Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield, and the neighboring Connecticut Valley cities of Hartford, Connecticut and Holyoke, Massachusetts seemed much nearer to them and their Island home than their own capital city of Dublin, or the cities of London and Liverpool, each of which attracted large numbers of Irish emigrants as permanent residents and migrant laborers.<\/p>\n
Today, Blasket-Americans conjecture that it was the building of railways which brought the first Islanders to Springfield. That might put them there in the 1830s or 1840s, but no trace of them then can be found. Today, an Islander in Holyoke with a long memory claims that the first Islander to come to the area was a Guiheen, and that he came before the Civil War.<\/p>\n
Also, the role which kinship plays in emigration of the Islanders to Springfield cannot be underestimated. Whoever went first, they soon sent back for a brother or a sister, lending the passage money, and taking care of the initiation when the new arrival appeared on the steps of the old railway terminal on Main or Lyman Streets.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_image admin_label=”Group of friends Image” src=”http:\/\/blasket.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Buiso12.3-1.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” alt=”Gr\u00fapa Blascaodach agus a gcairde in Springfield, Mass. sna 1940id\u00ed d\u00e9anacha.” title_text=”Gr\u00fapa Blascaodach agus a gcairde in Springfield, Mass. sna 1940id\u00ed d\u00e9anacha.”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Muiris Quote Testimonial” author=”\u2014 Fiche Blian Ag Fa\u0301s, Muiris O\u0301 Su\u0301illeabha\u0301in” url_new_window=”off” quote_icon=”on” use_background_color=”on” background_color=”#f5f5f5″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
La\u0301 arna mha\u0301ireach, do scri\u0301obh Ma\u0301ire go dti\u0301na hainti\u0301n ag triall ar an gcostas. Bhi\u0301odh Ca\u0301it Pheig ag teacht isteach chughainn i gco\u0301nai\u0301 agus gan ar siu\u0301l aici fe\u0301in agus ag Ma\u0301ire ach Meirice. Rithidis sall go dti\u0301 an bhfalla, mar a raibh pictiu\u0301iri\u0301 o\u0301 Springfield. \u201cO\u0301\u201d, a deireadh Ca\u0301it, \u201cRaghaimid isteach sa tigh mho\u0301r san an che\u0301ad la\u0301, a Mha\u0301ire\u201d; agus ansan do ritheadh beirt acu amach ar an urla\u0301r ag de\u0301anamh bolga-boghaisi\u0301n le racht a\u0301thais.<\/p>\n
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I was inside with an old widow a few night ago, that grey woman you used [to] see in the middle of the village, always outdoor when you are passing, well she had three lovely rooms in her house, her children are all in America only one son that\u2019s a man here, but not in her house. Imagine her sitting in the corner alone thinking and looking at her empty house [in] which her grand-children should be playing and she know that will never see her dear ones again.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Those Left Behind Image” src=”http:\/\/blasket.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Buiso2.20-1.jpg” alt=”Iad si\u00fad a d\u2019fhan sa bhaile. S\u00e9amuis\u00edn Bhofair \u00d3 Cath\u00e1in, an mac ab \u00f3ige, Peig, m\u00e1thair agus athair. 1933.” title_text=”Iad si\u00fad a d\u2019fhan sa bhaile. S\u00e9amuis\u00edn Bhofair \u00d3 Cath\u00e1in, an mac ab \u00f3ige, Peig, m\u00e1thair agus athair. 1933.” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Mna ba e… Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Mna\u0301 ba ea 45% den bpobal i 1911, bhi\u0301 an ce\u0301atada\u0301n ban sa phobal tite go dti\u0301 timpeall 42% i 1936 agus go dti\u0301 timpeall 29% i 1946. Do tha\u0301inig borradh ar an ndaonra idir 1946-47 ach feabhas roimh bha\u0301is a bhi\u0301 ann. De re\u0301ir dhaona\u0301ireamh 1951 (dha\u0301 bhliain sular imigh na daoine as) cla\u0301rai\u0301odh 27 nduine a bheith ina gco\u0301nai\u0301 ar an mBlascaod Mo\u0301r. Ni\u0301 raibh, da\u0301 bhri\u0301 sin, ach timpeall triu\u0301r ban i measc gach deichniu\u0301r fear ar an oilea\u0301n seo i 1947.<\/p>\n
21 duine a bhi\u0301 ag maireachtaint ar oilea\u0301n ar an 17 Samhain 1953 – an la\u0301 a tre\u0301igeadh go hoifigiu\u0301il e\u0301: 4 ban (a bhi\u0301 druidte isteach san aois) agus 17 bhfear. Ni\u0301l aon mhi\u0301niu\u0301 eile ar an dtitim sin ach gur fha\u0301g ni\u0301os mo\u0301 ban na\u0301 fir an a\u0301it sa tre\u0301imhse sin. Ni\u0301 raibh aon rogha eile ag na mna\u0301 ach bailiu\u0301 leo ma\u0301 theastaigh uathu aon fheabhas a chuir ar a saol. Fostai\u0301ocht bhocht dhealbh mar chaili\u0301ni\u0301 aimsire a bhi\u0301 roimh chuid acu ar an mi\u0301nti\u0301r. B’fhearr go mo\u0301r agus go fada dul go Springfield, a\u0301it a raibh a ngaolta rompu. Bhi\u0301 saol ni\u0301os fearr ansin, dar lena la\u0301n. Is mo\u0301 tuairisc mhealltach a tha\u0301inig abhaile chucu mar gheall ar an saol maith a bhi\u0301 thall.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Siblings Image” src=”http:\/\/blasket.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Buiso2.39-1.jpg” alt=”Neil\u00ed Pheig Sayers agus a dearth\u00e1ir, Peats \u00d3 Guith\u00edn. T\u00f3gadh an picti\u00far in Springfield go luath tar \u00e9is do Neil\u00ed teacht sall in 1928.” title_text=”Neil\u00ed Pheig Sayers agus a dearth\u00e1ir, Peats \u00d3 Guith\u00edn. T\u00f3gadh an picti\u00far in Springfield go luath tar \u00e9is do Neil\u00ed teacht sall in 1928.” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Sean Quote Testimonial” author=”\u2014Leoithne Aniar; Sea\u0301n O\u0301 Criomhthain” url_new_window=”off” quote_icon=”on” use_background_color=”on” background_color=”#f5f5f5″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Is i\u0301 an caili\u0301n ba shine den chlann a the\u0301adh sall, mar thugadh si\u0301 sin bliain no\u0301 dho\u0301 ag obair i nDaingean Ui\u0301 Chu\u0301is no\u0301 ag obair ar an tuath, no\u0301 a\u0301it e\u0301igin a dtuillfeadh si\u0301 pingini\u0301 beaga. Bhi\u0301odh an fonn sall uirthi. Gheibheadh si\u0301 cabhair ansin o\u0301na muintir sa bhaile, agus ni\u0301or mho\u0301r e\u0301 an costas an uair sin. Is do\u0301igh liom go bhfaighfea\u0301 sall isteach o\u0301 Cho\u0301bh go New York ar se\u0301 puint. Nuair a the\u0301adh si\u0301 sinn sall agus nuair a chi\u0301odh si\u0301 go mbi\u0301odh a deartha\u0301ireacha caite ina liairni\u0301 anuas ar a che\u0301ile i rith an gheimhridh ag baile…..chuireadh si\u0301 an costas anall go dti\u0301 duine ar dhuine acu chomh luath agus a bhi\u0301odh se\u0301 aici. Agus an te\u0301 a the\u0301adh sall ansin chaitheadh se\u0301 sin, nuair a bhi\u0301odh se\u0301 ag tuilleamh, an costas seo a fuair se\u0301 o\u0301 Mha\u0301ire no\u0301 o\u0301 Cha\u0301it a thabhairt di, agus chuireadh Ca\u0301it anall ari\u0301s go dti\u0301 duine eile e\u0301. Sin e\u0301 mar a scriosadh o\u0301ige agus stuif mhuintir an Oilea\u0301in ar fad. Is go Meiricea\u0301 a chuadar.<\/p>\n
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An Imirce Ar imeall thiar na hEorpa ata\u0301 an Blascaod Mo\u0301r suite, timpeall tri\u0301 mhi\u0301le o\u0301 mhi\u0301ntir na hE\u0301ireann agus dha\u0301 mhi\u0301le e\u0301igin mi\u0301le o\u0301n gcuid is co\u0301ngarai\u0301 de Mheiricea\u0301 Thuaidh. Nuair a bhi\u0301 saol ni\u0301os fearr a\u0301 thaibhseamh do ghlu\u0301nta de Bhlascaodaigh o\u0301ga d’fhe\u0301achadar i dha\u0301 threo sula ndeineadar a rogha. Do chuaigh cuid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2995","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blasket.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blasket.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blasket.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blasket.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blasket.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2995"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.blasket.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3985,"href":"https:\/\/www.blasket.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2995\/revisions\/3985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blasket.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}