Mothúcháin (Leaving Cert Irish): Revision Notes

Mothúcháin

• Tá réimse leathan mothúcháin sa dán seo. Tá fearg, gráin, tuirse, brón agus bród i measc na mothúchán atá ann.
  • There is a wide range of emotions in this poem. Anger, hate, fatigue, sadness and pride are among the emotions that are there.
• Ach, dar liom, an mothúchán is laidre sa dán ná brón/míshonas. Tá an spailpín brónach agus tuirseach traochta tar éis a bheith ag obair mar sclábhaí feirme in áiteanna éagsúla timpeall na tíre.
  • But, according to me, the strongest emotion in the poem is sadness/unhappiness. The spailpín is sad and exhausted after working as a farm slave in different places around the country.

• Lá i ndiaidh lae tá sé ag fulaingt agus ag streachailt, 'Go deo deo arís ní raghad go Caiseal'.

  • Day after day he is suffering and struggling.

• Chuir an dán seo brón orm mar níl meas madra ag na Sasnaigh air.

  • This poem made me sad because the English do not have any respect for him.

• Tá an spailpín brónach mar is fuath leis nuair a ghlaonn daoine spailpín air, ach tá sé beo bocht ar fad agus caithfidh sé cur suas leis, ' 's go brach arís ní ghlaofar m'anim, sa tír seo, an spailpín fánach'.

  • The spailpín is sad because he hates it when people call him spailpín, but he is very poor and he has to put up with it.

• Tá an duine seo an-bhródúil as a chuid oibre freisin. Tá sé ag barr a chearda agus déanann sé jab maith an t-am ar fad. Ach ní fhaigheann sé aon aitheantas dó.

  • This person is also very proud of his work. He is at the top of his trade and he does a good job all the time. But he gets no recognition for it.

• Músclaíonn an saol crua atá a chaitheamh ag an spalpín brón ionam féin.

  • The difficult life that the spailpín leads makes me sad.