Poem

Barra na Méar

Title	Barra na Méar
Author	Pádraig Breandán Ó Laighin

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Ealaín Draoi agus Adhlacadh Éabha	1990	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #2079

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Ealaín Draoi agus Adhlacadh Éabha
Date of Publication	1990
Publisher	Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	51

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	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration
Irish Context	Colonization and Colonial Legacy (Ireland) The Troubles/Sectarian Tensions (Ireland)
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem is a comparison of Britain's colonial violence in India and Ireland: cutting of Indian weaver's fingers like the taking of scalps from colonized Irish people. The speaker of the poem acknowledges that it's no surprise, therefore, that the Birmingham Six are still in jail. The Six were arrested and coerced into signing confessions for the Birmingham bomb, which killed 21 people. They spent 16 years in jail for a crime they didn't commit.

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