An Spailpín Fánach

Question 1

Téarma maslach é and spailpín fánach

Answer 1

It’s an insulting term

Question 2

Sclabhaí feirme

Answer 2

Farm slave

Question 3

Tá an meadracht sa dán sei bunaithe ar mheadracht an amhráin agus Ar an tseanmheadaracht ochtfoclach

Answer 3

The meter in this poem is based on the meter of the song and on the old octave meter

Question 4

Tá ocht líne I nach véarsa

Answer 4

8 lines in every verse

Question 5

Tá comhfhuaimeanna le tabhairt faoi deara ag deireadh dw cuid de na rélínte mar shampla sláinte agus ráite

Answer 5

There are common sounds to be noted at the end of some of the lines for example health and said

Question 6

Tá uaim le feicéal freisin
Moch Ar maidin

Answer 6

Alliteration

Question 7

Músclaíonn an dán seo trua ionam toisc go raibh na spailpiní ag fulaingt go géar ag an am sin

Answer 7

This poem evokes pity in me because the spalpins were suffering badly at that time

Question 8

Bhí soal crua sabhúil ag na spailpini ag siúl ó áit go háit ag lorg oibre agus
ag bhrath ar a shláinte

Answer 8

The spailpini had a hard time like walking from place to place looking for work and an monitoring his health

Question 9

Feicim go raibh soal ainnis ag na spailpini Eirineacha agus an lámh in uachtar Ar fad na sasnaigh

Answer 9

I see that the Irish spalpini had a miserable soal and the upper hand All the English

Question 10

Ní raibh meas ar na spailpini agus chuir an easpa measa seo isteach Go mor orm

Answer 10

Spalpini were not respected and this lack of respect bothered me a lot

Question 11

Ainnis

Answer 11

Misery

Question 12

Ag brath ar a sláinte

Answer 12

Depending on his health

Question 13

Ag eirí go loath at maidin

Answer 13

Rising early in the morning

Question 14

Ní raibh son meas ag daoine Ar toisc go raibh sé bocht

Answer 14

People had no respect for him bc he was poor

Question 15

Ag dul ó Baile Go baile ag lieg oibre

Answer 15

Town to town looking for work

Question 16

Bhí an obair ag cur isteach ar a slainte

Answer 16

Work was effecting his health

Question 17

Bhí brón ar go raibh a saol agus an Tír i droch chaoi

Question 18

Bhí tuirse air ón obair lámhe a Rinne sé agus ón taistil fada a bhí le deanamh Aige

Question 19

Bhí sé tinn Go minic

Question 20

Bhí sé réidh Chun a Shaol a athrú

Question 21

Bród aige seasamh lena Tír féin

Question 22

Tírghrá

Question 23

An saol sin a fhagáil

Question 24

Bródúil as féin agus a chuid éireannavhais