Chuaigh roinnt de Rang a 5 chuig C103 Fm chun
blúirí Gaeilge a thaifead. D'eagraigh an tUasal Mícheál Ó Leathlobhair é seo
don rang sa chéad bhliain sa ghaelcholáiste agus do rang a 5 an babhta seo.
Rinneadar taifeadadh ar rang 6 roimh na Nollag. Beidh siad le cloisint
amach anseo ar an raidió maidin éigin. Bí ag faire amach dóibh.
An Lusitania
Ar an 7ú lá de Bhealtaine 1915,
dhruid an Lusitania i dtreo cósta na hÉireann. Thug U- Bhád 20 faoi ndeara í
agus scaoil sí torpéid. Chonaic an fairtheoir ar an Lusitania é ach
bhí sé ró- dhéanach don bhád. Buaileadh an long ar a taobh agus phléasc sí.
Thosnaigh an Lusitania ag dul faoin uisce láithreach bonn. D’ordaigh an Captaen
Liam Turner an long a dhíriú chuig cósta na hEIreann ach ba shaothar an aisce
é. Mar sin, d’ordaigh an captain
an long a thréigean. Faoin am seo, bhí an long ar a taobh, ag dul faoin uisce
go tapaidh agus theip ar an chuid daoine an long a fhágáil dá bharr. Laistigh de 20 nóiméad a bheith
buailte, chuaigh Lusitania go
tóin poill. As an 1,959 duine ar
bhord, tháinig 761 slán agus maraíodh 1,198.
Chuir marú an
oiread sin daoine neamhchiontacha uafás agus alltacht ar dhaoine ar fúd na
cruinne. Mhéadaigh tacaíocht
do na Comhghuaillithe in aghaidh na Gearmáine in alán tíortha, na Stáit
Aontaithe san áireamh. Throid siad leis na Comhghuaillithe in aghaidh na
Gearmáine níos déanaí sa chogadh.
On May 7, 1915
the Lusitania was approaching the coast of Ireland. The voyage was almost over,
but it had reached its most dangerous point. It was soon spotted by the German
u-boat U-20. The u-boat moved in to attack and fired a torpedo. A lookout on
the Lusitania spotted the wake of the torpedo, but it was too late. The torpedo
made a direct hit on the side of the ship and a huge explosion was felt
throughout the ship.
The Lusitania immediately began to sink. The
captain of the Lusitania, Captain William Turner, ordered that the ship head
for the Irish coast, but it was no use. Within a few minutes the captain gave
the order to abandon ship. Many people had difficulty in getting off the ship
because it was tilted so far to the side and sinking so fast. Within twenty
minutes of being struck, the Lusitania had sunk. Of the 1,959 people on board,
only 761 survived and 1,198 were killed.
All around
the world, people were horrified with the murder of innocent people. Support
for the Allies grew in lots of countries, and in the USA. Later on USA entered
the war on the Allied side and fought against Germany.
