Cé nach maireann mórán i gcuimhne na daoine faoin nGorta Mór, tá cúpla amhrán a choinníonn taifead ar an tréimhse uafásach i stair na hÉireann. Though not much remains of the horrors of the Great Famine in Ireland, some of the stories of the people survive in the fragments of songs.
Éist anseo le píosa de chlár raidió a craoladh in 1949 atá i gcartlann RTÉ faoin amhrán Johnny Seoighe ó aimsir an Ghorta Mhóir.
One of a number of recordings made about for the feature 'An Gorta I gConamara', broadcast 2 February 1949. Song of Famine times 'Johnny Seoighe', introduced and sung by Colm Ó Caodháin (as Gaeilge). 'An Gorta I gConamara' a programme by Seamus Mac Aonghusa and the Mobile Recording Unit, featuring the oral recital [Bheal-Aithris] of Colm Ó Caodháin.
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Tá leagan comhaimseartha den amhrán Johnny Seoighe taifeadta ag an ngrúpa Bláth na hÓige, sa chlár teilifíse den ainm céanna.
The famine is often referred to as 'an drochshaol' in Irish, listen here to Dónal Ó hÉalaithe ag trácht ar chuimhne na ndaoine ar 'An Drochshaol i Múscraí' ó Chartlann Bhóthar na Léinsí, ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.
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