spailpin fanach Flashcards
diseases
galair
power and control
cumhacht agus smacht
even though
ce go
place names
logainmeacha
verse one summary
motthaion se brod, seasamh shlainte, laidir , ta se ag iarraidh troid don tir
suffering
fullaingt
he is standing at the start and sitting at the end ( against the wall) poem is a viscious circle
seasamh/ shui ( mballa)- ciorcal fí
verse 3
nil dochas, nil tire, nir tithe. shuigh se cois mballa.
verse 2 summary
nasc idir aiseanna agus nadur. ta se ag lorg oibre ait go ait, nil aon cuimhni maith ag an aiteanna. ni feicimiid a lan mothuchaion. tuirse.
landscape
tirdhreacht
he sold/ lost his name, his soul, his life and his identity
diol/ chaill se a shaol, anam, ainm agus
a chéannacht
empty
fulamh
misery
ainnis
of that time
na linne sin
san 18u aois
18th century
on the hardship of life amongst the people in the 18th century through the life of the spailpín).
ar chruachás an tsaoil i measc na cosmhuintire san 18ú aois trí shaol an spailpín
most of the Irish were very poor and in the depths of despair working for the English).
chuid is mó de na Gaeil beo beocht agus in umar na haimléise
ppay was vry low
bhí an pá an-íseal
compleyely depenent
ag brath go huile is go hiomlán
to survive
chun maireachtáil
landlords
tiarnaí talún
rights
cearta
significant
suntasacha