Poem

Trí Thrua na Bealarúise

Title Trí Thrua na Bealarúise
Author Bríd Ní Mhóráin

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
An Cosán Bán/The White Path 2008 Print Collection View Details
Fé Bhrat Bhríde 2002 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #179
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology An Cosán Bán/The White Path
Date of Publication 2008
Publisher Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 12
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Human Rights Issues
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Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes The poem is based on the Irish 'triad' form of poetry, and describes the effects of the Chernobyl explosion in Ukraine, 1986, which disproportionally affected the people of Belarus. The effects of the disaster are portrayed in three images: a grandmother becomes a destitute refugee, a mother buries a child who has died from pneumonia, a child's eyes betrays its lack of hope. The title of the poem is an allusion to the three great tragedies of the Irish mythological cycle (Trí Thrua na Scéalaíochta): Oidhe Chlainne Uisnigh, Oidhe Chlainne Lir, and Oidhe Chloinne Tuireann.
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