Trí Chaladh

Publication Instance Details #2200

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 Displacement/Forced Migration Health
Irish Context	Colonization and Colonial Legacy (Ireland)
Languages	Irish
Genre	Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem appears to describe the landing of colonial British and Irish ships in Australia, or at least, their attempted landings at three different ports. Typhus, a common illness at the time, appears to be referred to in the first verse, as dead bodies lie in the water and sickness rips through their numbers. The second harbour appears to be in ruins, with no-one present. The third, however, seems to be a fortuitous place to land, and the reference to a 'red country' appears to directly refer to Australia. The speaker and an army (described as 'useless') disembark from the ship, and enter the land, where they meet their own likenesses. Could this refer to Aboriginal people? Or does it refer to other white colonists, already arrived in Australia?