Aoir (Satire) (Leaving Cert Irish): Revision Notes

Aoir (Satire)

• Gan dabht, is aoir an-ghlic í ar ré an tíogair cheiltigh.
  • Without a doubt, this is a very sly satire about the Celtic Tiger.
• Is aoir é an sliocht seo ar dearcadh lucht an rachmais in Éirinn le linn ré an Tíogair Cheiltigh.
  • This extract is a satire of the attitude of the wealthy in Ireland during the era of the Celtic Tiger.

• Tá an scríbhneoir ag déanamh cip magaidh de Lisín agus a leithéid agus, ag an am céanna, tá sí ag cáineadh an slí beatha seo.
  • The writer is making a laughing stock of Lisín and the like and, at the same time, she is criticising this way of life.

• Tagaimid ar an tuiscint nach bhfuil aon chion ag an údar ar an saghas duine atá faoi chaibidil sa scéal seo.
  • We come to the understanding that the author has no fondness of the type of people that are being discussed in this story.
• Is léir nach raibh mórán measa ag an údar ar an mbéime a chuir na daoine seo ar airgead agus an cuma foirfe.
  • It is clear that the author did not have a lot of respect for the emphasis that these people put on money and on perfect appearance.
• Léiríonn an t-údar go bhfuil rud éigin éadomhain ag baint le saol na ndaoine sin, agus nach dtuigeann siad saol na ngnáthdhaoine.
  • The author shows that there is something shallow about the lives of those people, and that they do not understand the lives of ordinary people.
• Feictear seo sna habairtí gearra searbhshachsa tsleachta.
  • This is seen in the short sarcastic sentences throughout the passage.

• Tá searbhas i gceist maidir leis an sloinne, 'Albright'. Is léir go bhfuil siad 'albright'; go leor éirimúil, sona sásta, gan cíos, cás ná cathú orthu.
  • Sarcasm is in question regarding the surname 'Albright'. It is clear that they are 'albright'; quite intelligent, happy, without a care in the world.