{"id":31,"date":"2021-01-13T13:35:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T13:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/ga\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-09-09T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:45:16","slug":"connemara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/faoi\/connemara\/","title":{"rendered":"Conamara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t\tConamara\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>Luaigh Oscar Wilde an fi\u00e1ntas agus an \u00e1ille le ch\u00e9ile le Conamara. Feictear dreach lom an taobh t\u00edre sa cheantar seo, portaigh uaigneacha, tr\u00e1nna aoibhne agus raonta sl\u00e9ibhe Mh\u00e1m Toirc agus na mBeanna Beola. T\u00e1 s\u00e9 ar imeall thiar na hEorpa agus ceangal staire ag an r\u00e9igi\u00fan le cuid de na tionscadail ceannr\u00f3da\u00edocha is m\u00f3 le r\u00e1 a rinneadh i gc\u00farsa\u00ed eola\u00edochta trasna an Atlantaigh.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-31 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC05707.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC05707-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC05707-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC05707-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG3536.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG3536-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG3536-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG3536-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4640.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4640-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4640-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4640-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4734.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4734-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4734-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4734-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>St\u00e1isi\u00fan Raidi\u00f3 Marconi<\/h2>\n<p>Chuir Guglielmo Marconi cor m\u00f3r i gc\u00farsa\u00ed\u00a0cumars\u00e1ide nuair a sheol s\u00e9 teachtaireachta\u00ed\u00a0teileagrafa\u00edochta \u00f3na st\u00e1isi\u00fan i bPoldhu Chorn na Breataine go Talamh an \u00c9isc an 12 Nollaig 1901. Thug Rialtas Cheanada deontas $80,000 d\u00f3\u00a0le st\u00e1isi\u00fan a th\u00f3g\u00e1il i nGlasbaidh in Albain Nua agus chuaigh s\u00e9 i mbun barr feabhais a chur ar an gcumars\u00e1id teileagrafa\u00edochta le Poldhu \u00f3 dheireadh na bliana 1902 amach. Chuaigh s\u00e9 an-deacair leis c\u00f3ras cumars\u00e1ide a mbeadh rath air ar bhonn tr\u00e1cht\u00e1la a chur ar si\u00fal agus nuair a cheap go mb&#8217;fhearr an st\u00e1isi\u00fan an taobh seo den Atlantach a shu\u00edomh chomh fada siar agus ab fh\u00e9idir, shocraigh s\u00e9 ar Dheirgimleach in aice an Chloch\u00e1in tar \u00e9is t\u00e1st\u00e1il a dh\u00e9anamh in \u00e1iteanna \u00e9ags\u00fala.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00edor oscla\u00edodh an st\u00e1isi\u00fan go hoifigi\u00fail go dt\u00ed\u00a0an 17 Deireadh F\u00f3mhair 1907 nuair a tosa\u00edodh ar chomhartha\u00ed a sheoladh ar bhonn tr\u00e1cht\u00e1la idir an Cloch\u00e1n agus Glasbaidh. Ba mh\u00f3r an se\u00f3 \u00e9, \u00e1ras m\u00f3r don innealra comhchruinnithe, \u00e1ras gini\u00fana ina raibh 6 cinn de choir\u00ed, agus c\u00f3ras fairsing aer\u00f3g le 8 gcinn de chrainn mh\u00f3ra adhmaid 210 troigh ar airde soir trasna an tsl\u00e9ibhe go ceann 0.5 cilim\u00e9adar.\u00a0 Bh\u00edodh splancanna ag \u00e9ir\u00ed \u00f3 na haer\u00f3ga agus sin le cloiste\u00e1il fada go maith \u00f3 bhaile, comhartha gur tr\u00e9an an chumhacht agus an voltas a bh\u00ed i gceist (150KW @ 15,000 volta).<\/p>\n<p>Le himeacht aimsire, rinneadh dul chun cinn i gc\u00farsa\u00ed\u00a0teicneola\u00edochta agus t\u00f3gadh st\u00e1isi\u00fan n\u00edos cumhachta\u00ed ar\u00eds i gCaernarfon na Breataine Bige. D&#8217;ionsaigh f\u00f3rsa\u00ed poblacht\u00e1nacha st\u00e1isi\u00fan Dheirgimligh i m\u00ed\u00a0I\u00fail 1922 agus tharla dam\u00e1iste d&#8217;fhoirgnimh \u00e9ags\u00fala lena linn sin. D&#8217;\u00e9iligh comhlacht Marconi c\u00faiteamh ar rialtas nua an tSaorst\u00e1it ach n\u00edor th\u00e1inig sin i gcr\u00edch. D\u00fanadh an st\u00e1isi\u00fan tamall gairid ina dhiaidh sin.<\/p>\n<p>T\u00e1 iarsma\u00ed an st\u00e1isi\u00fain tr\u00e9igthe \u00f3 d\u00edoladh brisleach agus dramh\u00e1bhar ar a dh\u00fanadh. D&#8217;\u00e9ag na daoine a bh\u00edodh fostaithe sa st\u00e1isi\u00fan agus is m\u00f3r an trua a laghad a rinneadh le miontuairisc a bhreacadh ar fhiontar m\u00f3r tionscla\u00edochta i dt\u00fas an 20\u00fa aois. T\u00e1 si\u00fal\u00f3id cuairte leagtha amach ar an su\u00edomh ag Cumann Oidhreachta an Chloch\u00e1in agus Chonamara a th\u00e9ann go leac cuimhneach\u00e1in Alcock &amp; Brown freisin, an bheirt ba th\u00faisce a d&#8217;eitil trasna an Atlantaigh.<\/p>\n<p><em>T\u00e9acs le caoinchead \u00f3 Shane Joyce<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-31 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC06917.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC06917-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC06917-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC06917-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC03270.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC03270-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC03270-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC03270-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC03267.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC03267-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC03267-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC03267-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4421_BURST001.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4421_BURST001-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4421_BURST001-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMAG4421_BURST001-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>An Ch\u00e9ad Eitilt trasna an Atlantaigh<\/h2>\nAn 15 Meitheamh 1919, th\u00e1inig Alcock agus Brown anuas in eitle\u00e1n de chine\u00e1l Vickers Vimy ar an gcriathrach i nDeirgimleach, \u00f3 dheas den Chloch\u00e1n i gConamara, Co. na Gaillimhe, tar \u00e9is s\u00e9 huaire an chloig d\u00e9ag de thuras anr\u00f3iteach ar an aer as Baile She\u00e1in i dTalamh an \u00c9isc.<br \/>\nD&#8217;fh\u00e1g an Capt. John Alcock agus an Lieut. Arthur Whitten-Brown Baile She\u00e1in san eitle\u00e1n d\u00e9sciath\u00e1nach do bheirt an l\u00e1 roimhe sin, D\u00e9 Sathairn an 14 Meitheamh. Misin buam\u00e1la leathanr\u00e9imseacha a bh\u00ed ceaptha \u00f3 th\u00fas don Vickers Vimy agus is m\u00f3r an obair ch\u00f3iri\u00fach\u00e1in a rinneadh ar an eitle\u00e1n don iarracht seo eitilt trasna an Atlantaigh.<br \/>\nIs beag triobl\u00f3id a bhain le t\u00fas an turais seachas tamall fada gluaiseachta ar feadh na tal\u00fan sular \u00e9ir\u00edodh in aer. Ba ghearr gur thosaigh an t-anr\u00f3. Ch\u00fangaigh ceo agus scamaill r\u00e9imse amhairc Brown ar theastaigh sp\u00e9ir ghlan uaidh go mbeadh in ann bealach a dh\u00e9anamh go cinnte. Chlis ar an raidi\u00f3 ar an gc\u00e9ad rud eile agus ansin thit an c\u00f3ras sceite agus ci\u00fanad\u00f3ireachta ar deasbhord \u00f3 ch\u00e9ile, rud a d&#8217;fh\u00e1g nach gcloisfid\u00eds caint a ch\u00e9ile.<br \/>\nIs measa freisin a bh\u00ed c\u00farsa\u00ed aimsire de r\u00e9ir a ch\u00e9ile. Bh\u00ed clocha sneachta ag r\u00e9abadh chomh m\u00f3r gur sh\u00edl an bheirt go str\u00f3icf\u00ed \u00e1bhar seachtrach an eitle\u00e1in. Nuair is sneachta a bh\u00ed ag titim in \u00e1it na b\u00e1ist\u00ed, thosaigh gl\u00e9asra rialaithe an eitle\u00e1in ag reo agus b&#8217;\u00e9igean do Brown \u00e9ir\u00ed amach as cr\u00f3 na bp\u00edol\u00f3ta\u00ed s\u00e9 huaire le leac oighir a ghlanadh de chodanna den eitle\u00e1n a rabhthas ag brath go hioml\u00e1n ar a n-oibri\u00fa.<br \/>\nShocraigh an bheirt a theacht anuas i gContae na Gaillimhe agus d&#8217;athraigh siad c\u00farsa beag\u00e1n \u00f3 dheas gur th\u00e1inig os cionn tal\u00fan i mb\u00e9al Chuan an Chloch\u00e1in ach chinn orthu aird a tharraingt agus iad ag eitilt thar st\u00e1isi\u00fan teileagrafa\u00edochta Marconi. Rinne siad as sin ar an gCloch\u00e1n agus chuaigh i bhf\u00e1inne thart ar an mbaile agus thug roinnt de mhuintir na h\u00e1ite faoi deara iad. Rinne siad ar St\u00e1isi\u00fan Marconi ar\u00eds ag s\u00fail le h\u00e1it ch\u00f3iri\u00fail tuirlingthe a fh\u00e1il agus sh\u00edl siad gur str\u00e1ice deas glas a bheadh f\u00fathu nuair n\u00e1r aithnigh gur bogach a bh\u00ed ann. C\u00e9 go ndeachaigh smut an eitle\u00e1in i dtalamh, n\u00edor tharla aon ghort\u00fa m\u00f3r de cheachtar den bheirt agus bheadh tr\u00e1cht is stair na heitleoireachta ar Alcock agus Brown as sin amach. Ba sheic \u00a310,000, an duais a bh\u00ed \u00e1 tairiscint ag THE DAILY MAIL, rompu freisin i Londain.<br \/>\nD&#8217;fh\u00e1g Alcock agus Brown an Cloch\u00e1n tr\u00e1thn\u00f3na Domhnaigh, an 15 Meitheamh, iad ina laochra ag cuid mh\u00f3r de bharr ar \u00e9irigh leo a dh\u00e9anamh. Sh\u00ednigh siad a n-ainmeacha do na sluaite agus sc\u00e9al m\u00f3r \u00e1 dh\u00e9anamh d\u00edobh ar an mbealach as Deirgimleach go Londain, tr\u00edd an gCloch\u00e1n, Gaillimh agus Baile \u00c1tha Cliath. Ar a theacht go Londain d\u00f3ibh, fuair siad duais an DAILY MAIL agus duaiseanna eile dar luach ioml\u00e1n \u00a313,000. Rinne an R\u00ed Seoirse ridir\u00ed d\u00edobh chomh maith.<br \/>\nT\u00e1 leac cuimhneach\u00e1in Alcock &amp; Brown suite ar a mB\u00f3thar Ard in Iorras Fhlann\u00e1in, crochta os cionn chriathrach Dheirgimligh mar ar cuireadh i gcr\u00edch \u00e9acht na beirte i stair na heitleoireachta.\n<h2>Mainistir na Coille M\u00f3ire<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kylemoreabbey.com\/\">Mainistir na Coille M\u00f3ire<\/a>\u00a0an clochar chuig a ar th\u00e1inig mn\u00e1 rialta den Ord Beinidicteach sa bhliain 1920 \u00f3 scriosadh an clochar a bh\u00edodh acu in Ypres na Beilge i rith an ch\u00e9ad chogadh domhanda. Chuir mn\u00e1 rialta na mBeinidicteach scoil ch\u00f3naithe do chail\u00edn\u00ed ar bun ar an gCoill Mh\u00f3ir a ndeachaigh a c\u00e1il ar fud an domhain agus thosaigh siad ar an Mainistir, an S\u00e9ip\u00e9al Gotach agus an Garra\u00ed Daingean \u00f3 r\u00e9 Victoria a chur ar ais sa chruth ina mb\u00edd\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>An 4\u00fa\u00a0l\u00e1 de mh\u00ed Mhe\u00e1n F\u00f3mhair 1867 a leag Margaret Vaughan Henry, bean ch\u00e9ile Mitchell Henry, an bhonnchloch ar Choill Mh\u00f3ir. Mar chomhartha \u00e1ibh\u00e9alta ar a ghean do Margaret a ceanna\u00edodh agus a plean\u00e1ladh an t-east\u00e1t tar \u00e9is d\u00f3 \u00ed a thabhairt go h\u00c9irinn ar mh\u00ed na meala i rith na 1840id\u00ed.C\u00e9 gur le linn bhlianta ocrais, aic\u00edde agus anr\u00f3\u00a0a thug siad cuairt go Conamara, chonacthas do Mitchell go bhf\u00e9adfa\u00ed athr\u00fa agus for\u00e1s eacnama\u00edochta a thabhairt i bhfeidhm sa cheantar.<\/p>\n<p>Paiteola\u00ed\u00a0cruthanta agus m\u00e1inlia s\u00fal a bh\u00ed in Mitchell, mac le tr\u00e1cht\u00e1la\u00ed l\u00e1idir cad\u00e1is i Manchain arbh de bhunadh na h\u00c9ireann \u00e9. Go deimhin, sula raibh deich mbliain is fiche sl\u00e1n aige, bh\u00ed gn\u00f3 tr\u00e9an liachta ar Harley Street aige agus is eol go raibh s\u00e9 ar dhuine de na cainteoir\u00ed\u00a0ab \u00f3ige riamh a labhair os comhair Chol\u00e1iste R\u00edoga na M\u00e1inlia i Londain.\u00a0Nuair a d&#8217;\u00e9ag a athair, f\u00e1gadh gn\u00f3 r\u00edl\u00e1idir an teaghlaigh le huacht ag Mitchell agus bh\u00ed s\u00e9 ar dhuine de na h\u00f3igfhir ba rachmasa\u00ed ar fud na Breataine M\u00f3ire ag an am. N\u00ed\u00a0raibh aon mhoill ar Mitchell ag \u00e9ir\u00ed as a chuid docht\u00faireachta agus thug s\u00e9 aghaidh ina \u00e1it sin ar shaol na polait\u00edochta, \u00e9 den tuairim go bhf\u00e9adfadh s\u00e9 athr\u00fa a thabhairt i gcr\u00edch ar an saol lena chuid liobr\u00e1lachais. Ba \u00e9 an saibhreas nua seo a bh\u00ed aige a d&#8217;fh\u00e1g gurbh acmhainn d\u00f3 freisin Teach na Coille M\u00f3ire a cheannach agus Caisle\u00e1n bre\u00e1 a th\u00f3g\u00e1il.<\/p>\n<p>Sa bhliain 1874, blianta beaga tar \u00e9is obair an chaisle\u00e1in a thabhairt chun cr\u00edche, d&#8217;fh\u00e1g muintir Henry an Choill Mh\u00f3ir ag dul ar laethanta saoire don \u00c9igipt. Bhuail tinneas Margaret agus iad ar an turas sin agus, ainneoin gach d\u00edcheall, n\u00edorbh fh\u00e9idir aon mhaith a dh\u00e9anamh di agus cailleadh \u00ed tar \u00e9is coic\u00edse.\u00a045 bliana d&#8217;aois a bh\u00ed s\u00ed agus n\u00ed raibh Violet, an in\u00edon ab \u00f3ige aici, ach dh\u00e1 bhliain d&#8217;aois ag an am. Bh\u00ed cro\u00ed Mitchell briste. Tugadh m\u00ednch\u00f3iri\u00fa balsam\u00f3ireachta ar chorp Margaret i gCaireo sular aistr\u00edodh ar ais don Choill Mh\u00f3ir \u00ed. De r\u00e9ir sheanchas mhuintir na h\u00e1ite, bh\u00ed corp Margaret leagtha amach i gc\u00f3nra ghloine faoin staighre m\u00f3r sa halla tosaigh ionas go bhf\u00e9adfadh daoine muinteartha agus na tion\u00f3nta\u00ed teacht ar a t\u00f3rramh. N\u00edorbh aon n\u00ed neamhghn\u00e1ch sin \u00f3 tharla go mba \u00e9 gn\u00e1s na linne an corp a th\u00f3rramh sa teach c\u00f3naithe. Cuireadh corp Margaret ina dhiaidh sin i m\u00e1sail\u00e9am br\u00edc\u00ed\u00a0dearga sa choill in aice an t\u00ed\u00a0ar an gCoill Mh\u00f3ir a raibh oiread m\u00f3rtais aici as.<\/p>\n<h2>C\u00farsa\u00ed \u00c9iceola\u00edochta<\/h2>\n<p>Meastar m\u00f3rth\u00e1bhacht mar phr\u00edomhcheantar caomhantais fiadh\u00falra, ar leibh\u00e9al na hEorpa agus na h\u00c9ireann, leis an limist\u00e9ar fi\u00e1ntais i gConamara. Faoi Threoir an AE maidir le Gn\u00e1th\u00f3ga a roghna\u00edtear agus a ainmn\u00edtear Limist\u00e9ir faoi Chaomhn\u00fa Speisialta\u00a0(LCS). Luaitear gn\u00e1th\u00f3ga agus speicis faoi leith sa Treoir ar g\u00e1 iad a bheith faoi chosaint in LCS. \u00c1ir\u00edtear ar ghn\u00e1th\u00f3ga den s\u00f3rt sin in \u00c9irinn, portaigh ardaithe, bratphortaigh, turlaigh, dumhcha gainimh, machair (m\u00e1nna gainimh faoi fhiata\u00edl le c\u00f3sta an tuaiscirt agus an iarthair), fraochmh\u00e1nna, locha, aibhneacha, coillte agus inbhir. \u00c1ir\u00edtear ar 25 speiceas nach m\u00f3r for\u00e1il d\u00e1 gcosaint in \u00c9irinn an Brad\u00e1n, an Dobharch\u00fa, an Di\u00failic\u00edn P\u00e9arla Fionnuisce, an Deilf Bholgshr\u00f3nach agus Raithneach Chill Airne.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00edr\u00edtear sciar suntasach d&#8217;obair cl\u00e1ir Interface ar r\u00e9ims\u00ed trasna\u00edola idir bearta\u00edocht eala\u00edne agus bearta\u00edocht \u00e9iceola\u00edochta ar muir agus ar talamh. Sampla t\u00e1bhachtach de seo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/interfaceinagh.com\/ecology\/\">Siomp\u00f3isiam na Coille<\/a>\u00a0agus\u00a0<em>Bearing Witness,<\/em>\u00a0tr\u00edna mbaintear leas as an eala\u00edn chun pl\u00e9 faoi a spreagadh faoin tionscla\u00edocht agus c\u00farsa\u00ed farraige.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1ir\u00edtear speicis ionracha a chuireann isteach ar ghn\u00e9ithe \u00e9iceola\u00edochta sosm\u00e1laithe ar an \u00e1bhar bagartha maidir le timpeallacht an cheantair.<\/p>\n<p>Speiceas ionrach neamhdh\u00fachasach an <strong>rhododendron ponticum<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00e1 le f\u00e1il sa Ph\u00e1irc N\u00e1isi\u00fanta. Ina phlanda garra\u00edod\u00f3ireachta a tugadh go h\u00c9irinn den ch\u00e9aduair \u00e9 san 18\u00fa\u00a0c\u00e9ad. F\u00e1sann s\u00e9 go r\u00e1bach i gConamara ar thalamh fliuch aig\u00e9adach portaigh. Tor s\u00edorghlas at\u00e1 ann ar a dtagann bl\u00e1thanna geala b\u00e1ndearga, a fh\u00e1sann go tr\u00e9an agus a cheileann an solas ar an bhf\u00e1sra d\u00fachais a d&#8217;fh\u00e1sadh roimhe sin ar an talamh at\u00e1 faoi. Is r\u00edth\u00e1bhachtach, d&#8217;fhonn fraochmh\u00e1nna agus coillearnaigh athfh\u00e1is a choth\u00fa, an speiceas seo a cheans\u00fa tr\u00edna ghearradh siar agus luibhic\u00edd a \u00fas\u00e1id ar bhealach stuama ina leith.<\/p>\n<p>Le Meirice\u00e1 Theas \u00f3\u00a0dh\u00fachas a bhaineann an gunnaire, <strong>Gunnera Tinctoria,<\/strong>\u00a0a sh\u00edltear freisin le cine\u00e1l m\u00f3r den bhiabh\u00f3g. Tugadh go h\u00c9irinn mar phlanda maisi\u00fach\u00e1in ar dt\u00fas \u00e9 agus f\u00e1sann s\u00e9 d\u00e1 stuaim f\u00e9in anois in \u00e1iteanna ar fud na h\u00c9ireann inar saothra\u00edodh le fada \u00e9 agus a ndeachaigh s\u00e9 chun cine\u00e1il. \u00d3 tharla\u00edonn sin, d\u00e9anann siad ionradh go tr\u00e9an agus f\u00e1sann go dl\u00fath ina gcoil\u00edneachta\u00ed\u00a0ionas go gcuirtear planda\u00ed\u00a0de chine\u00e1lacha d\u00fachais ar gc\u00fal mar gheall ar na duilleoga fairsinge a cheileann deis f\u00e1is ag planda\u00ed eile faoina sc\u00e1th. Tarla\u00edonn cur isteach freisin ar shreabhadh uisce nuair a chuirtear bac ar dhraen\u00e1il i sruth\u00e1in agus in aibhneacha c\u00f3ngarach d\u00f3ibh, go h\u00e1irithe nuair a bh\u00edonn an t-uisce ard.<\/p>\n<h2>Scoil Saothair Leitir Fraic<\/h2>\n<p>Tar \u00e9is an ghorta go d\u00edreach, c.1850, a chuir James &amp; Mary Ellis, l\u00e1n\u00fain a bhain le Cuallacht na gCairde, baile Leitir Fraic ar bun. Bh\u00ed\u00a0gn\u00f3 l\u00e1idir tr\u00e1cht\u00e1la acu i dtionscal an \u00e9adaigh i mBradford Shasana. Chuir siad siopa, scoil, siopa poitig\u00e9ara agus \u00d3st\u00e1n \u00d3ls\u00e9anta ar bun. Bh\u00edodh torn\u00f3g aoil agus monarcha cise\u00e1n acu freisin. I rith na tr\u00e9imhse sin d\u00edreach tar \u00e9is aimsir an drochshaoil, chuir muintir Ellis fosta\u00edocht ar f\u00e1il a raibh g\u00e9argh\u00e1 l\u00e9i tr\u00ed bhearta feabhs\u00fach\u00e1in ar 915 acra tal\u00fan. Chuaigh sl\u00e1inte James Ellis ar gc\u00fal agus dh\u00edol s\u00e9 an \u00e1it le John Hall, fear a sheas leis an Irish Church Mission. Dh\u00edol Hall an \u00e1it ar\u00eds sa bhliain 1882 agus cheannaigh comhlacht aturnaetha \u00e9 thar ceann Ardeaspag Thuama. \u00d3 dheireadh an nao\u00fa c\u00e9ad d\u00e9ag go dt\u00ed 1973, bh\u00ed Scoil Saothair Leitir Fraic \u00e1 rith ag na Br\u00e1ithre Cr\u00edosta\u00ed sna foirgnimh ch\u00e9anna. Th\u00e1inig m\u00edch\u00e1il ar Scoil Naomh Seosamh nuair a tuigeadh go raibh droch\u00edde corpartha agus gn\u00e9is \u00e1 oibri\u00fa ar na buachaill\u00ed ag roinnt de na Br\u00e1ithre ansin agus foils\u00edodh fianaise ar dhroch\u00edde ghn\u00e9is agus ar fhisici\u00fail chomh fada siar leis na 1930id\u00ed. D\u00fanadh an scoil sa bhliain 1974.<\/p>\n<p>Ba \u00e9 breith Thuarasc\u00e1il U\u00ed\u00a0Riain go raibh an pion\u00f3s corpartha i Leitir Fraic chomh g\u00e9ar, iomarcach agus minic gur crutha\u00edodh cult\u00far fait\u00eds, gurbh \u00e9 an modh smachta ba th\u00faisce \u00e9 agus nach bhf\u00e9adfadh leana\u00ed a sheachaint mar gheall gur mhinic nach go c\u00f3ir n\u00e1 de r\u00e9ir lean\u00fanachais a d&#8217;oibr\u00edt\u00ed \u00e9. Bh\u00ed fadhb freisin go seasta s\u00edora\u00ed le h\u00e9igni\u00fa \u00e1 imirt ag Br\u00e1ithre Cr\u00edosta\u00ed ar na buachaill\u00ed i Leitir Fraic.<\/p>\n<p>T\u00e1 an tseanscoil saothair faoi \u00fain\u00e9ireacht Connemara West Plc, comhlacht pobail, anois agus bunathr\u00fa curtha acusan ar l\u00e1thair a bh\u00edodh ina chr\u00e1 agus ina ch\u00e9asadh go bhfuil sp\u00e1s br\u00edomhar pobail anois ann ina bhfuil\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atu.ie\/campus\/connemara\">L\u00e1rionad N\u00e1isi\u00fanta S\u00e1rfheabhais Ollscoil Teicneola\u00edochta an Atlantaigh maidir le Dearadh Trosc\u00e1n agus Teicneola\u00edocht<\/a>; Forum, cuideachta p\u00e1irtn\u00e9ireachta pobail; Raidi\u00f3 Pobail Chonamara; Conservation Letterfrack; \u00d3gtheagmh\u00e1il; cr\u00e8che, agus\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksatone.ie\/letterfrack\/\">Books at One<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Humanity Dick<\/h2>\n<p>Rugadh Richard Martin i mBaile na hInse, Co. na Gaillimhe sa bhliain 1754. I dTeach an Daingin, ceithre mh\u00edle amach as baile m\u00f3r na Gaillimhe, a t\u00f3gadh \u00e9. Bh\u00ed na M\u00e1irt\u00ednigh le h\u00e1ireamh ar Threibheanna na Gaillimhe. Bh\u00ed siad ina n-\u00fain\u00e9ir\u00ed ar cheann de na heast\u00e1it ab fhairsinge ar fud na Breataine M\u00f3ire agus na h\u00c9ireann. Ba leo m\u00f3rchuid na tal\u00fan i gConamara. Bh\u00ed an M\u00e1irt\u00edneach an-tugtha do chosaint ainmhithe agus ar dhuine de bhunaitheoir\u00ed an Chumainn um Chosaint Ainmhithe (an RSPCA ina dhiaidh sin); chuidigh s\u00e9 le hacht a rith sa bhliain 1822, ar mb\u00edodh an Martin Act ina dhiaidh sin, ar mhaithe le cearta ainmhithe a chosaint. Bh\u00ed an R\u00ed Seoirse IV chomh t\u00f3gtha lena chuid feachtasa\u00edochta mar gheall ar an \u00e1bhar sin gur thosaigh s\u00e9 ag tabhairt &#8216;Humanity Dick&#8217; air. 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