Patsaí Dan Mac Ruairí – Rí Thoraí

11.02am RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta

Fuair Patsaí dan Mac ruairí, rí Thoraí, bás i mbliana, suaimhneas síoraí dó.

Cúpla mí sular cailleadh é, chuaigh Áine Ní Churráin chun cainte leis faoina shaol, agus is é sin a bheidh le cloisteáil againn sa chlár seo inniu.

Cé go raibh Patsaí dan luaite go dlúth le hoileán Thoraí amach ó chósta dhún na ngall, ba i mbaile Átha Cliath a rugadh é, agus uchtaíodh é ar an oileán.

Chaith sé a shaol ag obair do chearta phobal an oileáin sin.

Ba cheoltóir agus ealaíontóir a bhí ann, agus bhí sé pósta agus bhí ceathrar clainne air. Cuirfimid aithne ar Phatsaí dan sa chlár seo.

Áine Ní Churráin digs out the interview that she carried out with Patsaí dan Mac ruairí, King of Tory island, a few months before he died this year.

Mac ruairí reflects on his remarkable life, including how he was intimately connected to the island, but was actually born in dublin and adopted.

We also hear about how he spent his life working and fighting for the rights of the islanders, and how he came to be well-known as a musician and an artist. He discusses all this and more with Áine.