[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] An Dotair Mairead NicFhionghain, eòlaiche-ciùil, seinneadair, sgrìobhadair, eòlaiche cànanachais, britheamh Mòid, tè a theagaisg iomadach duine airson Bonn Òir fhaighinn aig a’ Mhòd agus tè a thug dualchas nan Gàidheal gu cridhe Shasainn far an robh i a’ fuireach, cuid mhòr dhe beatha, Margaret, fàilte oirbh.
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Taing, a Dhòmhnaill.
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] duine sam bith a tha a’ tadhal nam Mòdan bho chionn bliadhnaichean, bidh iad eòlach oirbh, bidh fhios aca an obair a tha sibh air a dhèanamh an lùib sin. Cuiridh mise geall gu bheil tòrr aca nach eil càil a dh’ fhios aca gum biodh sibh a’ cluich poker.
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Ò tha mise a’ cluich poker a h-uile bliadhna cha mhòr, uill, dhà no trì triopan sa bhliadhna. Bidh mi a’ dol a Las Vegas nuair a bhios mi a’ teagaisg anns na Stàitean ann an Los Angeles agus ann an San Diego, tha iad faisg air Las Vegas, bidh mi a’ dol ann agus a’ cluich poker.
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] ‘S, bidh sibh a’ dèanamh airgead le poker?
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Ò gu dearbh fhèin, tha. Tha mi uabhasach math air poker oir ‘s e rud a th’ ann airson bluffing agus tha mi math air sin.
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] ‘S a bheil beòshlaint ri dhèanamh às an
sin? Tha do chuid. Beòshlaint ri dhèanamh anns a bheil?
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Uill, tha mise a’ creidsinn nach do phàigh mi airson taigh-òsta anns na Stàitean idir oir fhuair mi airgead aig poker a phàigh airson sin.
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] Seadh gu dearbha.
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Mmmm-hmmm
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] Uill, uill.
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Nach mi a tha clever.
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] Uill, sin am poker. ‘S e cur-seachad a dh’ aindeoin ‘s gu bheil e a’ pàigheadh airson taighean-òsta, ‘s e cur-seachad a th’ air a’ phoker.
Chaidh am prògram seo, Thuige Seo, a chraoladh an toiseach ann an 2014.
[Donald Morrison] Dr Margaret MacKinnon, music expert, singer, linguistics expert, Mod judge, someoneone who has taught various people for the Gold Medal at the Mod and one who brought Gaelic culture to the heart of England where she lived for most of her life. Margaret, welcome.
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Thanks, Donald.
[Donald Morrison] Anyone who has visited the Mods for years, they’ll know you, they’ll know the work that you do with that. I’ll bet that there are plenty of them that don’t know that you play poker.
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Oh, I play poker almost every year, well, two or three times a year. I go to Las Vegas when I teach in the States in Los Angeles and in San Diego, they are close to Las Vegas, I go and play poker.
[Donald Morrison] And do you make money with poker?
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Oh certainly, yes. I’m awfully good at poker as it is bluffing and I am good at that.
[Donald Morrison] And is there a livelihood to be made from that? A livelihood to be made from that?
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Well, I believe that I have not paid for a hotel in the States at all as I have got money from poker to pay for that.
[Donald Morrison] Really?
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Mmmm-hmmm
[Donald Morrison] Well, well.
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Amn’t I clever?
[Donald Morrison] Well, that’s the poker. It’s a hobby in spite of it paying for hotels, poker is a hobby.
This programme, Thuige Seo, was first broadcast in 2014.
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] An Dotair Mairead NicFhionghain, eòlaiche-ciùil, seinneadair, sgrìobhadair, eòlaiche cànanachais, britheamh Mòid, tè a theagaisg iomadach duine airson Bonn Òir fhaighinn aig a’ Mhòd agus tè a thug dualchas nan Gàidheal gu cridhe Shasainn far an robh i a’ fuireach, cuid mhòr dhe beatha, Margaret, fàilte oirbh.
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Taing, a Dhòmhnaill.
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] duine sam bith a tha a’ tadhal nam Mòdan bho chionn bliadhnaichean, bidh iad eòlach oirbh, bidh fhios aca an obair a tha sibh air a dhèanamh an lùib sin. Cuiridh mise geall gu bheil tòrr aca nach eil càil a dh’ fhios aca gum biodh sibh a’ cluich poker.
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Ò tha mise a’ cluich poker a h-uile bliadhna cha mhòr, uill, dhà no trì triopan sa bhliadhna. Bidh mi a’ dol a Las Vegas nuair a bhios mi a’ teagaisg anns na Stàitean ann an Los Angeles agus ann an San Diego, tha iad faisg air Las Vegas, bidh mi a’ dol ann agus a’ cluich poker.
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] ‘S, bidh sibh a’ dèanamh airgead le poker?
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Ò gu dearbh fhèin, tha. Tha mi uabhasach math air poker oir ‘s e rud a th’ ann airson bluffing agus tha mi math air sin.
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] ‘S a bheil beòshlaint ri dhèanamh às an
sin? Tha do chuid. Beòshlaint ri dhèanamh anns a bheil?
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Uill, tha mise a’ creidsinn nach do phàigh mi airson taigh-òsta anns na Stàitean idir oir fhuair mi airgead aig poker a phàigh airson sin.
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] Seadh gu dearbha.
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Mmmm-hmmm
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] Uill, uill.
[An Dr. Mairead NicFhionghain] Nach mi a tha clever.
[Dòmhnall Moireasdan] Uill, sin am poker. ‘S e cur-seachad a dh’ aindeoin ‘s gu bheil e a’ pàigheadh airson taighean-òsta, ‘s e cur-seachad a th’ air a’ phoker.
Chaidh am prògram seo, Thuige Seo, a chraoladh an toiseach ann an 2014.
[Donald Morrison] Dr Margaret MacKinnon, music expert, singer, linguistics expert, Mod judge, someoneone who has taught various people for the Gold Medal at the Mod and one who brought Gaelic culture to the heart of England where she lived for most of her life. Margaret, welcome.
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Thanks, Donald.
[Donald Morrison] Anyone who has visited the Mods for years, they’ll know you, they’ll know the work that you do with that. I’ll bet that there are plenty of them that don’t know that you play poker.
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Oh, I play poker almost every year, well, two or three times a year. I go to Las Vegas when I teach in the States in Los Angeles and in San Diego, they are close to Las Vegas, I go and play poker.
[Donald Morrison] And do you make money with poker?
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Oh certainly, yes. I’m awfully good at poker as it is bluffing and I am good at that.
[Donald Morrison] And is there a livelihood to be made from that? A livelihood to be made from that?
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Well, I believe that I have not paid for a hotel in the States at all as I have got money from poker to pay for that.
[Donald Morrison] Really?
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Mmmm-hmmm
[Donald Morrison] Well, well.
[Dr Margaret MacKinnon] Amn’t I clever?
[Donald Morrison] Well, that’s the poker. It’s a hobby in spite of it paying for hotels, poker is a hobby.
This programme, Thuige Seo, was first broadcast in 2014.