Rí na Gaoithe

Description

Rí na Gaoithe
Michael Mullen
Léaráidí: Cormac Ó Snodaigh
Coiscéim 2002

Ar bhruach na canála mhaireann an cúpla, Brian agus Sinéad. Tráthnóna amháin chonaiceadar báirse ag teacht in dtreo. Is ar dheic an bháirse sin a tháinig an t-iontas isteach ina saol – capall bán a raibh bindealán ar a chois. Agus ní capall feirme nó oibre a bhí ann ach capall ráis. Ba é seo ‘Rí na Gaoithe’ ach bheidh tamall maith ann sula gcneasódh an chos….

Brian and Sinéad live by the canal. One evening they see a barge coming towards them, and on the barge deck was a white horse with a bandage on his leg. Not a working or farm horse but a racehorse. This was King of the Wind but it would be a while before his leg heals………..