Poem

Cathair Dé Bhí

Title	Cathair Dé Bhí
Author	Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Feis	1991	Print Collection	View Details
Feis agus Cead Aighnis	2015	Print Collection	View Details
The Astrakhan Cloak	1992	Print Collection	View Details
Writing the Wind: A Celtic Resurgence	1997	Print Anthology	View Details

Publication Instance Details #697

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Feis
Date of Publication	1991
Publisher	An Sagart (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	83

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Genocide HR & Natural Disasters Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance
War / Genocide Referenced	War: First World War War: Second World War Genocide: Holocaust Genocide: Cambodian Genocide
Languages	Irish
Genre	Part Of Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This is part of the series 'Immram' in the Collection 'Feis'. In this section, the first-person speaker of the poem laments how, despite generations of conflict and strife, including two World Wars, the Holocaust, Cambodian Genocide, famines, droughts, and deprivation, humanity has no made no more progress towards the 'City of God', towards a holy place of tranquility and peace. She states that although no-one has ever reached this 'holy place' or island, sometimes she can sight it over the ocean or in the desert.

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