‘O nehinei ka h?l?wai hope ‘ana o k? m?ua papa ‘?lelo ‘Ailiki, a me ka‘u hui hope ‘ana me Paddy no ke a‘o ‘ana i ka ho‘okani bodhrán .

‘O nehinei ka h?l?wai hope ‘ana o k? m?ua papa ‘?lelo ‘Ailiki, a me ka‘u hui hope ‘ana me Paddy no ke a‘o ‘ana i ka ho‘okani bodhrán. I ka w? a m?ua i hui ai, ua kipa mai kekahi mea k?kau o ka n?pepa ma Glen Colm Cille. Ua pa‘i ‘o ia i mau ki‘i o m?ua, a ma ka‘u pela ‘ana i ko‘u inoa hope no ia kanaka, ua p?‘iwa loa ‘o Paddy. ‘O Ó Donaghue kona inoa hope, ak?, i kona w? ‘?pio ua ne‘e ‘o ia me kona makua k?ne i ‘Ilelani ‘?kau. Kaulana ka ‘ohana Ó Donaghue i ke k?pa‘a ma hope o ka Lepupalika ‘o ‘Ilelani, no laila, ua ho‘ololi ko Paddy makuak?ne i ka pela ‘ia ‘ana o kona inoa, a ‘o Donaghy ka pela hou ‘ana.

Ua noi ‘ia m?ua ‘o M?lia e h?meni i kekahi mea no ka h?‘ike‘ike o k?ia p?, ‘oiai ‘o k?ia k? m?ua l? hope ma Oideas Gael. H?meni aku nei ‘o M?lia i? “Pua L?lia,” a ua oli aku au i? “Ua Ao Hawai‘i” me ka wehewehe ‘ana i ka mana‘o o n? mele ‘elua. Nui ka u? ‘ana o ka po‘e he nui i ka pau ‘ana o k?ia pule, a me ka ha‘alele ‘ana o ka po‘e i ka l? ‘ap?p?. Nui ka po‘e i hele i Biddy’s, ak?, ua koho m?ua e noho ma ka hale a ho‘omaha no ke kalaiwa ‘ana i ke kalana ‘o Co. Sligo. Na kekahi hoa hale e lawe i? m?ua, ‘oiai aia kona hale ma kekahi ‘ao‘ao a‘e o Co. Sligo. ‘Elua a ‘oi iki aku hola ka l?‘ihi o ke kalaiwa ‘ana.

Ma hope o ka ‘ai p? ‘ana i ka ‘aina awakea me Barbara (ko m?ua hoa hale ma Oideas Gael), ua hele w?wae m?ua ma ke kaona ‘o Sligo. Ma kekahi hale k?‘ai a m?ua i kipa aku ai, lohe ‘o M?lia i ke kihe ‘ana o kekahi kanaka, a ‘?lelo ‘o ia “Dia linn” (‘o “God be with all of us” ka mana‘o, a ‘o ia ke ‘?lelo ‘ia ke kihe ke kanaka). Ua mana‘o au e ‘aka‘aka, ‘oiai ‘a‘ole au i lohe i kekahi kanaka e ‘?lelo ‘Ailiki ana ma Sligo, ak?, ua pane ke kanaka “Go raibh maith agat” (“Mahalo!”). ‘A‘ole au i ‘ike i ka helehelena o ke kanaka ma k?na pane ‘ana, ak?, p?‘iwa paha ‘o ia i k? kekahi wahine Pilipino e ‘?lelo ‘Ailiki ana i? ia.

Ma ka k? m?ua hele ‘ana ma ke kaona, ua ‘ike m?ua he hale inu pia, a ‘o Donaghy’s kona inoa. Ua k? m?ua no ke pa‘i ‘ana i kekahi ki‘i, a puka mai kekahi kanaka ma ka ‘?lelo “makemake anei ‘olua e pa‘i i ki‘i o‘u i mua o ka hale?” ‘Aka‘aka m?ua, a ma ka wala‘au p? ‘ana me ia, ‘ike m?ua ‘o Andy Donaghy kona inoa. Komo m?kou ‘ekolu no ka wala‘au ‘ana, a ha‘i mai ‘o ia i? m?ua no ‘Ilelani ‘?kau kona ‘ohana, a ua ne‘e mai l?kou i Sligo ma ke kenek?lia ‘umik?m?iwa. ‘A‘ole i makemake ‘ia ka inoa ‘o Donaghy ma ka Lepupalika ‘o ‘Ilelani, no ka mea, he inoa ‘Ilelani ‘?kau ia. Eia na‘e, kaulana kona hale inu pia a hale ‘aina, a nui ka po‘e hele mai no ka ‘ai ‘ana ma laila. Ua ho‘i m?ua i ia hale ‘aina no ka ‘aina ahiahi, a hewa ka waha i ka ‘ono o ka mea ‘ai. ‘O Andy ka mea kuke o ka hale k?‘ai kekahi, a he mau mea ‘ai ‘?k?lia ka hapanui.

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