O'Donoghue's Welcome

Publication Instance Details #2973

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	Displacement/Forced Migration
Irish Context	Economic Inequality (Ireland) Colonization and Colonial Legacy (Ireland) Minority/refugee rights (Ireland) Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	English
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	Fáilte Uí Dhonnchú
Original Author	Louis de Paor
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	Translated by Anderson, de Paor, O'Donoghue, and Jenkinson. Speaker of the poem describes an encounter with a begging Romanian woman on the streets of Galway. He is forthright in describing the emotions engendered in him by the sight of the woman with a placard around her neck - pity, avoidance, aversion, sadness. Historical and cultural prowess of Galway city mentioned as a foil to this scene. The mention of Cromwell at the beginning of the poem could be significant - Irish colonial past contrasted with its comfortable (for some) present? The poem is located in Ireland and deals with an Irish situation. However, an international human rights aspect is implied, i.e. a possible case of displacement/ refugee status for the Romanian woman, on whose suffering the poem largely focuses.