File: Art Mac Cumhaidh (Leaving Cert Irish): Revision Notes
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File: Art Mac Cumhaidh
| Gaeilge | English |
|---|---|
| Rugadh Art Mac Cumhaidh i gContae an Dúin sa 18ú haois. | Art Mac Cumhaidh was born in County Down in the 18th century. |
| File Gaelach ab ea é a scríobh faoi ghrá, tírghrá agus an saol sóisialta agus polaitiúil dá aimsir. | He was an Irish-language poet who wrote about love, patriotism, and the social and political life of his time. |
| Bhí sé mar chuid de ghlúin de fhilí a mhair tar éis an Ré Órga, ach a choinnigh greim ar an traidisiún filíochta Gaelach. | He was part of a generation of poets who lived after the Golden Age, but who held on to the Gaelic poetic tradition. |
| Bhí sé ina fhile fileata traidisiúnta a d'úsáid uaim, meadaracht agus seanchanóin na filíochta clasaicí. | He was a traditional, poetic poet who used alliteration, metre, and the old conventions of classical poetry. |
| Scríobh sé dánta polaitiúla faoi shaol crua na nGael faoi chois, agus bhí frustrachas le brath ina shaothar. | He wrote political poems about the harsh life of the oppressed Irish, and his work often contains a sense of frustration. |
| Tá ceann dá dhánta is cáiliúla, Ag Úirchill an Chreagáin, dírithe ar ghrá agus ar bhrionglóid éalaithe. | One of his most famous poems, Ag Úirchill an Chreagáin, focuses on love and the dream of escape. |
| Bhí cumas cumhachtach aige cur síos meafarach a dhéanamh ar mhothúcháin agus ar íomhánna áille. | He had a powerful ability to use metaphor to describe emotions and beautiful imagery. |
| Tá saothar Mac Cumhaidh ar cheann de na samplaí deireanacha de fhilíocht dhúchasach Ghaelach sula ndeachaigh sí i léig. | Mac Cumhaidh's work is one of the last strong examples of native Irish poetry before it began to decline. |