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Soillse: Series 3: Episode 14: Balaich nan Each (Cowboy Kids of Dublin)

Balaich nan Each (Cowboy Kids of Dublin)

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Episode 14: Balaich nan Each (Cowboy Kids of Dublin)

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BBC ALBA - Soillse, Series 3, Balaich nan Each (Cowboy Kids of Dublin)

The 'little cowboys' who own some of Dublins 3,000 wandering horses, ponies and donkeys.

In Dublin suburbs like Ballymun there are around 3,000 horses, ponies and donkeys, which are a real treasure for their little cowboy owners.

Tha faisg air trì mile gu leth each a' fuireach timcheall Bhaile Ath Cliath. Chan eil ach còig cheud dhiubh air an cleachdadh airson obraichean eadar-dhealaichte. Ach air oirean a' bhaile, ann an àiteachan leithid Ballymun, tha trì mile each, pònaidh agus asal. Tha iad prìseil don chlann leis a bheil iad agus iad air an cumail ann an stàballan truagh. Le rèisean prìobhaideach agus ruagadh poileis ... Fhad 's a tha iad a' feitheamh airson là mòr an rèis, tha balaich nan each ann am Baile Ath Cliath a' faighinn tlachd as na beathaichean breàgha a tha seo, ach tha an sluagh dìreach a' feuchainn ri bi-beò a dhèanamh as an àite.

Approximately 3,500 wandering horses live in Dublin. Only 500 of them are used for diverse works. However, in suburbs such as Ballymun there are 3,000 horses, ponies and donkeys, and for the children who own them, they are a real treasure, kept jealously in poor stables. While waiting for the big day of the race, the little cowboys of Dublin find in their animal a beautiful reason for living, whereas people only try to survive there.

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