Cnámh agus Smior na Filíochta Gaeilge – The Bone and Marrow of Irish Poetry

Beidh an ócáid ​​seo ar siúl trí Ghaeilge agus Béarla / This event will take place through Irish & English

le  Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Ola Majekodunmil, Alan Titley agus Jefferson Holdridge

Is de smior na Gaeilge í an fhilíocht. Ó ‘Pangur Bán’ ar aghaidh, téann an fhilíocht agus an chaint fhileata ó chnámh go smior agus ó smior go smúsach i gcultúr, i stair agus i dtraidisiún na Gaeilge. Nuair a théann cúis na hÉireann agus ceisteanna faoin tír agus faoin náisiúnachas go cnámh na huillinne, is minic an litríocht ina treoir agus ina slat tomhais. Sa chúirt filíochta seo sa Taibhdhearc, cloisfear Ola Majekodunmi, Aifric Mac Aodha agus Alan Titley ag léamh agus ag plé rogha agus togha na ndánta ó Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior: An Anthology of Irish Poetry from Medieval to Modern, díolaim nua dátheangach ó Chló Ollscoil Wake Forest sna Stáit Aontaithe. Díolaim is ea í seo ina rianaítear stair na hÉireann ó theacht na Críostaíochta go dtí ré Covid 19 tríd an bhfilíocht agus tríd an amhránaíocht. Sna dánta seo, cloistear arís agus arís eile guth an ealaíontóra ag freagairt go hionraic, go samhailteach agus go macánta do cheisteanna agus do coimhlintí móra an tsaoil, bíodh na ceisteanna sin ag boilgearnach go háitiúil nó ag borradh aníos go náisiúnta agus go hidirnáisiúnta. 

Geoffrey Keating/Seathrún Céitinn (c. 1569–c. 1644) author of Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, a history of Ireland from earliest times to the twelfth century offered a devastating indictment of previous historians who had both consistently and consciously ignored the achievements of the native Irish. “The bone and marrow of history,” he assured skeptical readers, was to be found in poems, in the poetic tradition of the Irish language. Across the turbulent and often traumatic centuries, such poets witnessed and gave witness to a multiplicity of Irish experiences; the rich and multifaceted tradition they created is both a reckoning with Irish, European, and global realities, and an imaginative response to them. In this session Ola Majekodunmi, Aifric Mac Aodha and Alan Titley read, and discuss, some of their favourite poems from Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior: An Anthology of Irish Poetry from Medieval to Modern, a new anthology of Irish-language poetry published by Wake Forest University Press. This bilingual anthology casts a wide net, and traces Irish history since the sixth century to the present day, with the aid of introductory essays and headnotes by team of twenty-four renowned international scholars, it makes evident that so much of the bone and marrow of Irish history and culture is poetry. 

In partnership with Wake Forrest University Press.