Kilcash (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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Who translated the 19th century Irish ballad into 'Kilcash'?
Who translated the 19th century Irish ballad into 'Kilcash'?
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
In what year did Margaret Butler, Viscountess Iveagh, die?
In what year did Margaret Butler, Viscountess Iveagh, die?
1744
What were the Penal Laws?
What were the Penal Laws?
Discriminatory statutes against Irish Catholics
How did Margaret Butler help Catholics during the Penal Laws?
How did Margaret Butler help Catholics during the Penal Laws?
She sheltered priests & poets
What is the rhyme scheme of 'Kilcash'?
What is the rhyme scheme of 'Kilcash'?
ABCBDEFE
How many lines are in each stanza of 'Kilcash'?
How many lines are in each stanza of 'Kilcash'?
8 lines
What is half-rhyme in 'Kilcash'?
What is half-rhyme in 'Kilcash'?
Final consonants match, vowels differ
What does 'No hazel, no holly or berry' symbolise?
What does 'No hazel, no holly or berry' symbolise?
Cultural & spiritual barrenness
How does sound imagery emphasise loss in the poem?
How does sound imagery emphasise loss in the poem?
Past commotion vs current silence
How does the tone shift in the final stanza?
How does the tone shift in the final stanza?
From bitter lament to optimism
What is the aisling tradition in Irish literature?
What is the aisling tradition in Irish literature?
Personifying Ireland as a woman
When did the Flight of the Earls occur?
When did the Flight of the Earls occur?
1607
Who does the poem 'Kilcash' mourn?
Who does the poem 'Kilcash' mourn?
Margaret Butler, Viscountess Iveagh
What is a caoineadh?
What is a caoineadh?
Traditional Irish mourning song/keen
Who sold the timber from Kilcash woods?
Who sold the timber from Kilcash woods?
The Butler family themselves
What does 'prince of the Gaels' in 'France and Spain' refer to?
What does 'prince of the Gaels' in 'France and Spain' refer to?
Wild Geese & exiled Stuart cause
What were the Butlers of Kilcash?
What were the Butlers of Kilcash?
Old Norman family in Gaelic culture
What effect do half-rhymes create in the poem?
What effect do half-rhymes create in the poem?
Sonic incompleteness/harmony lost
What three sounds are silenced in the poem?
What three sounds are silenced in the poem?
Bell, bees, musical birds
What is an aisling?
What is an aisling?
Jacobite vision-poem with sky-woman
What does the final stanza imagine returning?
What does the final stanza imagine returning?
Dancing, fiddling & bonfire
What opens the poem?
What opens the poem?
'Now what will we do for timber'