Poem
An Mhurúch is a hIníon
| Title | An Mhurúch is a hIníon |
|---|---|
| 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 #762
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Cead Aighnis |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 1998 |
| Publisher | An Sagart (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 145 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
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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. The speaker of the poem describes the fraught relationship between the mermaid and her daughter, expressed through the mermaid attempting to obsessively control her daughter's appearance and prevent her from going out with boys. The mermaid, on her deathbed, claims that the only thing that saved her was her fear of men. The speaker of the poem isn't sure about this, even stating that it's likely it is the other way around. The Great Famine and Irish cultural loss is understood to be implicit in this sequence of poems. |
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