Bannaght Columb Killey as yeearreeyn share voish Mannin
Beannacht Cholmcille agus gach dea-ghuí ó Oileán Mhanainn. From Phil Gawne [Leagan Gaeilge thíos]
Choud’s ta recortyssyn soilshey dooin ta feailley ny margey er ve goll er cummal ayns Skeerey Cairbre jannoo ard-eailley jeh Columb Killey er dyn 1733. Ayns e chooinaghtyn, screeu Dr Juan y Clague, eshyn ren recortys beeal-arrish as arraneyn as carryn tradishoonagh as hooar baase ayns 1908, “ta cooinaght aym pene er ollan, snaie olley, eggaghyn dy eaddagh, eeast chirmit, eeast sailjey as lhiare goll er creck er’n nah laa as feed Mean Souree er Laa Columb Killey” as “ta mee er nakin wheesh as feed bwaagyn ayn ry hoi creck lhune eddyr yn daa ghroghad.”
Hie yn margey magh ass ayns ayrn s’jerree y nuyoo keead jeig agh v’eh aavioghit ayns 1912 ec yn Ard-jaghin Kewley as ta laa seyr ny skeerey er ve ayn er dyn shen, lesh spoyrtyn, taishbynys troar as ellynyn, as kiaull as rinkaghyn. Hig keeadyn dy leih dagh blein dy chur shilley er ny goaill ayrn ayn as she laa mie inshit foast ayns blein heshoil ny Manninee https://soundcloud.com/phil-gawne/columb-killey-mannin
Tá fianaise scríofa ar fhéile nó aonach ag ceiliúradh Cholmcille i bParóiste Cairbre in Oileán Mhanann ó 1733 ar a laghad. Deir an Dr John Clague, bailitheoir béaloidis a fuair bás i 1908: “Is cuimhin liom féin olann, snáth olainn, iasc triomaithe, scadáin shaillte agus leathar a bheith á ndíol i mí mheáin an tsamhraidh ar Lá Fhéile Colmcille.” agus “ Chonaic mé suas le fiche puball idir an dá dhroichead agus leann á ndíol iontu.”
Is cosúil gur shíothlaigh an fhéile sa dara leath den naoú céad déag acu rinne an tArd-Déagánach Kewley a athbheochan i 1912, agus tá sé ina lá saoire ag an pharóiste riamh ó shin agus spórt, ealaíona seó táirgí agus rince mar pháirt de. Meallann an t-aonach na céadta cuairteoir gach bliain, agu tá sé na laethanta móra i fhéilire shóisialta Oileán Mhanann. Beannachtaí Columb Killey agus gach dea-ghuí as Manainn.
