Lucht na mBád

Publication Instance Details #1769

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	Displacement/Forced Migration
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned Other
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	(Ar bhá beagnach 700 duine is iad ag teitheadh ón Libia go dtí an Iodáil nuair a d'iompaigh an bád iascaigh ina rabhadar béal faoi.)
Notes	The subtitle of this poem references the drowning of 700 migrants who departed Libya to travel by sea to Italy. This happened on 19 April 2015. The speaker of this poem expresses anger at those who view refugees as less than human - as profitable cargo that will make them money. Reference is also made to a well-know lament in Irish, 'Eanach Dhúin', which commemorates an accidental drowning at Annaghdown, Co. Galway, in 1828. The question of liability in the former case is contrasted to accidental drowning in the latter.