Cúl Lodair

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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 Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language)
Irish Context	Colonization and Colonial Legacy (Ireland) Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem gives an account of the battle of Culloden and its aftermath. Culloden was the last pitched battle on British soil, which put the nail in the coffin for the Jacobite (and often Catholic) cause, as well as being the symbolic end of the Highlander's Gaelic culture. The speaker of the poem describes it here as the 'Kinsale' of Scotland, making common cause between the colonial legacies of Ireland and Scotland. The minoritization that occurred as a result of Culloden is evident from the descriptions of the Gaelic tribes that fell to the guns of the battle. After Culloden, moves were made to dismantle the Gaelic clan system, which had contributed greatly to the Jacobite cause.