Poem
Fáidhiúlacht na Murúiche
| Title | Fáidhiúlacht na Murúiche |
|---|---|
| Author | Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fifty Minute Mermaid | 2007 | Print Collection | View Details |
| An Guth 5 | 2008 | Print Anthology | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #1309
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | An Guth 5 |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2008 |
| Publisher | Coiscéim (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 128 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
Yes |
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 Anthology |
| 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. This short poem describes the failing health of the mermaid and her 'prophecies', which the speaker of the poem refers to as being akin to the mermaid talking up at them from the bottom of a well. A sense of disconnection and displacement with reality. The Great Famine and Irish cultural loss is understood to be implicit in this sequence of poems. This poem was first published in 'Fifty Minute Mermaid' and did not appear in the original collection, 'Cead Aighnis'. |
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