Pálás na hÉagóra nó Tobar na Fáinleoige

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Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	State Violence Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language)
Irish Context	Other
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	do Chathal Ó Cuilinn Barcelona 1963/Duibhlinn 1986
Notes	The speaker of the poem describes a journey to 'El Palacio de la Justicia' - a courthouse in Barcelona. The taxi driver with whom he travels mocks it as being 'El Palacio de la In-justicia'. This hints at the oppression and corruption of Franco's reign in Spain, ongoing at this point in 1963, as dated in the paratext of the poem. The speaker mentions also how he has learned Catalan (mentioned here as the language of St Raymond of Penydort, a Catalan friar), yet is too afraid to use it. This might imply some of Franco's oppression of minority languages in Spain. During his reign, Spanish was the only official language of the country. There is a mention of Irish songs at the end of the poem. The jovial singing and flamenco is contrasted with Franco's 12 remaining years in power.