File: Cathal Ó Searcaigh (Leaving Cert Irish): Flashcards

Ar deireadh, rinne an cat léim tar éis na colmáin agus cuireadh i bpaiste créafóige é, le colmáin ag cuachaireacht ó gach leac fuinneoige. (In the end, the cat leapt after the pigeons and was laid in a clay pot, with pigeons cooing from every window ledge.)

Is file Gaeilge comhaimseartha é Cathal Ó Searcaigh, a rugadh i gContae Dhún na nGall sa bhliain 1956. Tá cáil air mar dhuine de na filí is tábhachtaí den ghlúin nua sa Ghaeilge. (Cathal Ó Searcaigh is a contemporary Irish-language poet, born in County Donegal in 1956. He is known as one of the most important poets of the new generation writing in Irish.)

I measc téamaí coitianta ina chuid dánta tá an dúlra, an grá, féiniúlacht na Gaeilge, imirce, agus fadhbanna sóisialta. (Common themes in his poems include nature, love, Irish identity, emigration, and social issues.)