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Publication Instance Details #1920

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	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration Displacement/Forced Migration Health Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language) War
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second Anglo-Boer War
Irish Context	Colonization and Colonial Legacy (Ireland) Irish Language/Culture
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	(Is le hAodh Mór Ó Néill an tríú líne).
Notes	This is a poem which appears to critique various aspects of the British colonial system, from Ireland and around the world. Mention of notable people: Vallencey (English antiquarian), Cornwallis (leader of English forces during American revolution and Irish United Irishmen uprising); Albrecht Durer (artist), Mao, Washington, Sitting Bull, Cetewayo (Zulu King who defeated the British), Mac Éil (bishop of Tuam). There is a mention of children suffering diptheria in Queen's camps - a reference to the camps established during the Boer war, perhaps. There is a reference also to South African biltong (dried meat) and Kommandos, who were reserve guerrilla militia men during the Anglo-Boer War. Other notes include potential references to the Clearances of Scotland (na nEileanan Siar are mentioned). The frequent references to 'sínte fada' in the poem may refer back to the Ordnance surveys of Ireland, also mentioned, which anglicised many Irish place names.