Leoithne ón Murascaill: (I) Lá an Dreoilín

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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	War Gender-based violence HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Gulf War
Irish Context	Emigration (from Ireland) Other Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	Irish
Genre	Part Of Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem is the first part of the 'Leoithne ón Murascaill' sequence. In this poem, occurring on 'Lá an Dreoilín', the speaker of the poem compares a bar doorman's homophobia to his acceptance of a man dressed in full military attire. The doorman refuses a man entry into the pub because his costume, essentially drag, is too 'homoerotic'. Meanwhile, the doorman lets a man dressed in full military uniform into the pub without question. The speaker notes that the man wearing the uniform actually wore it while part of the American army, fighting Iraq during the Gulf War. Remembering his statements about 'blowing the shit' out of Iraqis fighters, the speaker of the poem notes that this isn't offensive, yet another man's 'homoerotic' costume is.