Poem
Na Murúcha agus an Litríocht
| Title | Na Murúcha agus an Litríocht |
|---|---|
| Author | Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cead Aighnis | 1998 | Print Collection | View Details |
| Feis agus Cead Aighnis | 2015 | Print Collection | View Details |
| The Fifty Minute Mermaid | 2007 | Print Collection | View Details |
| Fearann Pinn: Filíocht 1900-1999 | 2000 | Print Anthology | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #711
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Feis agus Cead Aighnis |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2015 |
| Publisher | Cló Iar-Chonnachta (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 310 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Details
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| Irish Context | |
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| Genre | Part Of Lyric Sequence |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | This sequence of poems, 'Na Murúcha a Thriomnaigh', makes use of the international folk tale of the mermaid to construct an allegorical world in which the merpeople have left the water and now live uneasily among humankind on earth. In this poem, the speaker describes how the mermaids didn't create their own literature or write about their lives under the sea. This is explained by the unsentimental acknowledgement that there is 'no going back'. There are many references to the life and literature of Great Blasket Islands in this poem. The Great Famine and Irish cultural loss is often understood to be implicit in this sequence of poems. |
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