Poem

Giorria Artach

Title	Giorria Artach
Author	Paddy Bushe

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Gile na Gile	2005	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1894

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Gile na Gile
Date of Publication	2005
Publisher	Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	13

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Terrorism/War on Terror HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Global War on Terrorism
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The speaker of the poem describes an Arctic hare and its connection to the 'hare' folktales of Ireland, in which a witch would take the form of a hare to steal milk. There is a reference to the War on Terror in the fourth verse of the poem, in which the speaker mentions the 'men who speak the God' and who 'drop the bombs'. This was published around 2005, while the War on Terror was still ongoing. The speaker of the poem describes the hare he sees as being like the world itself - listening in terror for approaching threats, every inch of it shaking in fear. The speaker wishes for the safety of the hare, and therefore the safety of the world in spite of current conflicts.

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