Poem
Miotas Bunaidh Eile
| Title | Miotas Bunaidh Eile |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Publication Instance Details #842
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | The Fifty Minute Mermaid |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2007 |
| Publisher | The Gallery Press (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 48, 50 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Details
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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 land. The exact cause of their exodus is not specified in the sequence, although reference is made in one poem to 'cineghlanadh' (ethnic cleansing). In this poem, the speaker describes one of the potential founding myths of the merpeople, based this time on the fall of the angel Lucifer from heaven after his failure to obey God. Linked closely in the poem with other origin myths of legendary characters such as the fairies. The Great Famine and Irish cultural loss are often understood to be implicit in this sequence of poems, although other cultural contexts could also be imagined. |
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