Poem

Athrú Réime san Iaráic - 17 Lúnasa 2009

Title	Athrú Réime san Iaráic - 17 Lúnasa 2009
Author	Mike Mac Domhnaill

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Macalla Maidu	2013	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1729

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Macalla Maidu
Date of Publication	2013
Publisher	Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	35

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Gender-based violence Terrorism/War on Terror
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Global War on Terrorism War: Iraq War and Insurgency
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	Poem detailing regime change in Iraq after the Iraq War and the ousting of Saddam Hussein. Poem focuses on the killing of gay men by new Iraqi militias, sprung into life after the removal of Saddam. The speaker of the poem appears to bemoan the new 'complaints' from Iraq - that the British and American 'Army of Freedom' did all it could, but now people are complaining about gay people being executed - the final line of the poem 'give me a break!' highlights the sardonic tone of the speaker.

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