An Spailpín Fánach Flashcards
The Spailpín’s hard life of slavery
Saol crua sclábhúil an spailpín
The theme of politics and poverty mixed with the life of the spailpín
Téama na polaitíochta agus an bhochtanais fite fuaite le saol an spailpín
At the end of the 18th/ start of the 19th century
Ah deireadh an ochtú haois / tús an naoiú haois déag
English in power
Sasanaigh i gcumhacht
The penal laws in practice
Na péindlíthe i bhfeidhm
The catholic’s didn’t have any rights
Ní raibh ceart a ar both ah na caitlicigh
Work as spailpíns
Obair mar spailpíní
Struggling
Ah streachailt
They didn’t have their own farm so they had to go from place to place
Ní raibh feirm acu féin agus mar sin bhí orthu dul ó áit go háit
The United irish
Na hÉireannaigh Aontaithe
Rising
Éirí amach
They didn’t have any respect
Ní raibh meas madra
Big farmers on their horses
Feirmeoirí móra ar a gcapaill
The metre of the poem w
Meadaracht an dáin- meadaracht an amhráin- béim ar na gutaí aiceanta ach níl patrún foirfe es aww
It was a disrespectful term
Ba théarma dímheasa é