Poem

Sceimhlitheoir

Title	Sceimhlitheoir
Author	Bernadette Nic an tSaoir / McIntyre

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
No Surrender/Nerenuntare/ Bás nó Bua	2014	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3363

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	No Surrender/Nerenuntare/ Bás nó Bua
Date of Publication	2014
Publisher	Editura Ratio et Revelatio (Romania)
Page Number(s)	156-57

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Terrorism/War on Terror
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Unspecified war War: Global War on Terrorism
Languages	Irish
Original Language	English
Original Poem	Terrorist
Original Author	Helen Soraghan Dwyer
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	Do Niall Warfield
Notes	This poem is addressed to a soldier who has just made history and killed an enemy soldier one mile away with a long-range rifle. Although the war is not specified in the poem, this detail suggests that it refers to War in Iraq. The title also points to the so-called 'War on Terror', but suggests that terrorism can also be state sanctioned; the soldier in question gets a kick out of killing. The short lyric can be understood as a comment on the dehumanizing effects of war on military personnel, both during and after military operations. See also the poem 'Sceimhlitheoir' / 'Terrorist' by Cathal Ó Searacaigh.

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