'I suppose we were at the bottom of the street'

Publication Instance Details #1228

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear) War
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second World War
Irish Context	WW II (Ireland)
Languages	English
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	(5) ‘Muid thíos, is dócha, ag bun na sráide’
Original Author	Conleth Ellis
Genre	Part Of Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Anthology
Notes	Childhood innocence and play of the speaker's youth in neutral Ireland, while Hiroshima is bombed. Recreation of childhood scenes of play and exploration in peaceful Irish setting while Japan is being bombed simultaneously - contrast drawn between the scenes. The speaker has to try and remember: 'I suppose' - there was nothing momentous about this day in his childhood, despite his later understanding of the import of the date. This excerpt is the fifth section from a lyric sequence entitled 'Seabhac ag Guairdeall'. Note here that in the original publication the sections were numbered but here the title is given as 'Untitled from Seabhac ag Guairdeall (A Hawk Circling)'.