Achoimre (Summary) (Leaving Cert Irish): Revision Notes
📚 Revision Notes
Achoimre (Summary)
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| Is scéal béaloidis é Clann Lir a bhaineann leis an ngrá, an díoltas agus an t-athrú. | Clann Lir is a folktale that deals with love, revenge and transformation. |
| Bhí Lir pósta le Banphrionsa Aoibh agus bhí ceathrar páistí acu: Fionnuala, Aodh, Fiachra agus Conn. | Lir was married to Princess Aoibh and they had four children: Fionnuala, Aodh, Fiachra and Conn. |
| Fuair Aoibh bás, agus phós Lir arís – an dara bean, Aoife, a bhí lán d'éad agus fuath ar na páistí. | Aoibh died, and Lir remarried – his second wife, Aoife, was full of jealousy and hatred towards the children. |
| Chuir Aoife mallacht ar na páistí, agus d'athraigh sí iad ina bhféileacáin i roinnt leaganacha nó ina n-ealaí i leaganacha eile – an ceann is coitianta á rá go raibh siad ina n-ealaí. | Aoife put a curse on the children and transformed them into butterflies in some versions, or swans in the more common version. |
| Chaith na páistí 900 bliain ar thrí loch éagsúil in Éirinn – Loch Dairbhreach, Sruth na Maoile, agus Inis Gluairé. | The children spent 900 years on three different Irish lakes – Loch Derravarragh, the Sea of Moyle, and Inis Gluaire. |
| Níor éirigh siad saor go dtí gur tháinig an Chríostaíocht go hÉirinn. | They were not freed until Christianity came to Ireland. |
| Bhuail cléireach leo, agus d'fhill siad ar a gcruth daonna, ach bhí siad sean agus liath. | A holy man met them, and they returned to human form, but they were old and grey. |
| Rinneadh baisteadh orthu agus fuair siad bás ina dhiaidh sin. Deirtear gur adhlacadh iad i dtuama amháin. | They were baptised and died soon after. It is said they were buried in a single grave. |
| Léiríonn an scéal tábhacht an ghrá idir deartháireacha agus deirfiúr, agus freisin tionchar díobhálach an éada agus an díoltais. | The story shows the importance of love between siblings, and also the destructive power of jealousy and revenge. |
| Is siombail iad na healaí de dhínit, d'fhulaingt chiúin agus d'ionracas i ndorchadas an tsaoil. | The swans are symbols of dignity, quiet suffering, and integrity in life's darkness. |
