Faoi lámhach na bpiléar

Publication Instance Details #1992

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	War HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear) Terrorism/War on Terror
Irish Context	Civil War (Ireland) Political Independence (Ireland)
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	6 Eanáir 2006
Notes	The first-person speaker of the poem reflects on the bloody history of the human race: the Civil War and the War of Independence in Ireland; the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the threat of nuclear armageddon; the attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11. The ugly history and ongoing barbarism of the world keeps disturbs his sleep - like a hag's nail scrapping his back - even though he acknowledges his relative privilege as he is removed from the cold face of this suffering.