Ceolta Tíre

Publication Instance Details #1939

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR Activism/Humanitarian Work War Assassination HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear) State Violence
War / Genocide Referenced	War: First World War War: Spanish Civil War War: Korean War War: Vietnam War War: Gulf War
Irish Context	HR-related International Involvement (Ireland) Irish Language/Culture Other
Languages	Irish
Genre	Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This extended poem is a lyric sequence with three parts, dealing with the 'music' of wartime and conflict. The poem touches on many events and themes: the Korean War, Vietnam War, Nicaragua, the Falkland War, the Congo, Czechslovakia, Dominica, the Lebanon, anti-war protests leading to the killing of peaceful protestors at Kent State university, bombings in Iraq during the Gulf War, the role of the media in warfare, Irish participation in Spanish War, Irish neutrality, JFK's assassination, and World War I. This is a detailed poem which traces over every major conflict of the last century. The thread of 'music' of war is woven throughout the poem - 'ní raibh amhráin acu don Chóiré' - 'there was no song for Korea' - opens the poem and the poem closes with 'ná beidh amhráin chogaidh arís ann chóiche' - 'no war songs ever again'. The role of media in the poem is also central - how do the newer generations experience war on screens, with media updates coming as soon as people start to die during wars?