Poem

Beathú

Title	Beathú
Author	Dairena Ní Chinnéide

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Bleachtaire na Seirce	2011	Print Collection	View Details

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Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Bleachtaire na Seirce
Date of Publication	2011
Publisher	Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	33

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR Activism/Humanitarian Work HR & Education Health Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance
Irish Context	Other
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	do TRÓCAIRE
Notes	This poem is dedicated to 'Trócaire', an Irish Catholic charity which does overseas humanitarian work. In the poem, the speaker mentions various difficulties of life in the poorer regions of the world: lack of sustenance and education, rampant disease, and a dearth of clean drinking water. The speaker mentions at the end of the poem that many of the deaths and suffering of these people never even make it to the headlines of the newspapers. Ignorance is deemed to be the deadliest bullet - if people don't know, or don't care about the suffering of others, how can things change?

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