Poem

Triúr Ionraic

Title Triúr Ionraic
Author Diarmaid Ó Gráinne

Instances of Publication

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Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Spealadh an Drúchta 1995 Print Collection View Details

Translations

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Title Author Collection/Anthology Year View Details
Odd Man Out Frank Sewell Out in the Open 1997 View Details
Odd Man Out Frank Sewell Our Shared Japan: An Anthology of Contemporary Irish Poetry 2007 View Details
Publication Instance Details #335
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Spealadh an Drúchta
Date of Publication 1995
Publisher Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 34
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 / Genocide Referenced
Irish Context
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes The speaker of the poem rails against the mundanity of life and the failure of the everyday to bring fulfilment, only arguments over the minutiae of 'Irish Identity', soccer, and so forth. He instead admires the 'three honest ones' - the poet, the priest, and the soldier, who he believes to be among those who can accept the harsh realities of life. He gives examples of each: Francis Ledwidge, an Irish soldier who fought in World War I; St Francis Xavier, a 16th Century Jesuit missionary; Seán-Phádraig [Ó Conaire], a novelist in Irish; Liam Ó Flaithearta, also an Irish writer. The speaker believes these three professions to be the most momentous of those available to humanity.
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