Animated shorts exploring the meanings behind poems.
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Season 1
EP : 10
2014-01-27
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 2014-01-27
1
An Peaca
2014-01-27
Witty animation that explores the philosophical thoughts and meanings behind the poem An Peaca, written by the great Irish language poet Seán Ó Ríordáin.
2
Oileán agus Oileán Eile
2014-02-03
Witty animation that explores Seán Ó Ríordáin's personal philosophy on the nature of poetry in the poem Oileán agus Oileán Eile.
3
An tSeanbhean Bhocht
2014-02-10
Witty animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's poem, where Ireland is no longer portrayed as a beautiful woman, but a quarrelsome old woman who cannot be pleased.
4
Leaba Shíoda
2014-02-17
Enchanting animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's powerful love poem, where the natural world becomes a metaphor for physical love.
5
Oileán
2014-02-24
Animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's radical poem where she imagines her lover as an island.
6
Cuimhne an Domhnaigh
2014-03-03
Striking animation that explores Máirtín Ó Direáin's reflective poem about the uneasy relationship between the individual and his island home, Inis Mór.
7
An tEarrach Thiar
2014-03-10
A striking animation that explores the poet Máirtín Ó Direáin's early romantic reflections of his island home, Inis Mór.
8
Blianta an Chogaidh (The War Years)
2013-10-28
Powerful animated short that explores Máirtín Ó Direáin's guilty reflection on Ireland's neutral stance during the Second World War, captured in the poem Blianta an Chogaidh.
9
One for Sorrow
2014-03-24
A striking animation that explores the poet Gréagóir Ó Dúill's personal poem that celebrates the life of his beloved aunt.
10
An Caoradóir
2014-03-31
A striking animation that explores Cathal Ó Searcaigh's poem about the bleak and lonely life of an old sheep farmer, typical of rural Gortahork.