{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67e526f13cc004e45332b267/69cd3002057b5949954c9ab1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#31 Dhá Mhéadar: Scéalaíocht agus Rothaíocht","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67e526f13cc004e45332b267/1775054477168-a6cc975d-2167-46d2-85f2-ce7d36b3dc04.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><br></p><p>San eagrán seo de Gaeilge Thar Lear, insím an scéal faoin gcaoi ar tháinig mé i ngrá le rásaíocht rothaíochta — agus cén fáth a bhfuil sí fós ag caint isteach ionam.</p><p><br></p><p>Tosaíonn an scéal i 1998 agus mé seacht mbliana d'aois, agus tugann sé mé tríd na blianta — tríd na scéaltaí, na carachtair, na momantaí — go dtí cnoc garbh sa Bheilg dhá bhliain ó shin.</p><p><br></p><p>Is eagrán é seo faoi spóirt, scéalaíocht, cuimhne, agus an saghas castachta a dhéanann spóirt suimiúil i ndáiríre. Faoi na momantaí a fhanann leat — agus faoi na daoine a bhíonn le do thaobh nuair a tharlaíonn siad.</p><p><br></p><p>Agus bíonn momantaí ann — dhá mhéadar ó mhórghníomh — nach ndéanann tú dearmad orthu go deo.</p><p><br></p><p>________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Gaeilge Thar Lear, I tell the story of how I fell in love with professional cycling — and why it speaks to me.</p><p><br></p><p>It starts in 1998, when I was seven years old, and takes me through the years — through the stories, the characters, the moments — to a steep hill in Belgium two years ago.</p><p><br></p><p>This is an episode about sport, storytelling, memory, and the kind of complexity that makes a sport genuinely interesting. About the moments that stay with you — and the people who are there when they happen.</p><p><br></p><p>And some moments — two metres from greatness — never leave you.</p>","author_name":"Oisín O'Mahony"}