Poem

Fáilte Uí Dhonnchú

Title Fáilte Uí Dhonnchú
Author Louis de Paor

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Corcach agus Dánta Eile 1999 Print Collection View Details
Ag Greadadh Bas sa Reilig: Clapping in the Cemetery 2005 Print Collection View Details
The Brindled Cat and the Nightingale's Tongue: Selected Poems 2014 Print Collection View Details
Louis de Paor: Rogha Dánta 2012 Print Collection View Details

Translations

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Title Author Collection/Anthology Year View Details
Asthma Kevin Anderson Agus Rud Eile De: And Another Thing 2010 View Details
Publication Instance Details #597
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Ag Greadadh Bas sa Reilig: Clapping in the Cemetery
Date of Publication 2005
Publisher Cló Iar-Chonnachta (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 197, 199
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Details
Human Rights Issues
Irish Context
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes 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.
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