Poem

Báslanna

Title Báslanna
Author Eoghan Ua Conaill

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Coincheap Dímhorálta 2017 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #1861
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Coincheap Dímhorálta
Date of Publication 2017
Publisher Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 69
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
No
No
Yes
No
No
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Details
Human Rights Issues
War / Genocide Referenced
Irish Context
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes This short poem links two ideologies that caused Auschwitz and the death of the Tuam babies in an Irish Mother-and-Baby home: Aryanism and Marianism. The speaker of the poem condemns these ideologies - one focused on race hygiene, one focused on reproductive hygiene - for causing untold suffering.
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