Poem

Sínte Fada

Title	Sínte Fada
Author	Michael Davitt

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Fardoras	2003	Print Collection	View Details

Translations

Connected translations of this poem.

Title	Author	Collection/Anthology	Year	View Details
The Mermaid and Certain Words	Paul Muldoon	The Fifty Minute Mermaid	2007	View Details

Publication Instance Details #673

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Fardoras
Date of Publication	2003
Publisher	Cló Iar-Chonnachta (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	64-66

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	Terrorism/War on Terror War HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Global War on Terrorism War: War in Afghanistan
Irish Context	HR-related International Involvement (Ireland) Irish Language/Culture Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The poet-speaker bitterly laments the state of capitalist, Anglicised Ireland. He mentions the poor treatment of the language by both people and state - incorrect 'fada' on a road sign, people reacting to his being an Irish-language poet - and he castigates the acceptance of Anglo-American culture in Ireland (i.e. McDonald's opening up a branch in Bray Town Hall). The speaker also makes reference to the War on Terror at the end of the poem, describing the news images of Tony Blair's face and the streets of Afghanistan being bombed.

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