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

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.)

Úsáideann sé teanga shoiléir, shimplí ach íogair, lán d’íomhánna beoga agus áille. Tá stíl chomhaimseartha aige ach bíonn tionchar láidir traidisiúnta le brath. Foilsíodh a chéad chnuasach filíochta, "Fiacha Fola", sa bhliain 1985 agus tá sé le feiceáil go minic ar an gcuraclam don Ardteistiméireacht. (He uses clear, simple, sensitive language full of vivid imagery. He has a modern style but the influence of traditional Irish poetry is evident. His first collection, "Fiacha Fola," was published in 1985 and is often on the Leaving Cert syllabus.)