Key Phrases

• Dán tírghrá


  Patriotic Poem
• Tugann an file léiriú dúinn ar chruatán an tsaoil i measc na cosmhuintíre san 18ú aois


  The poet shows us the hardships of life among the peasants in the 18th century
• Tá sé ag obair mar sclábhaí feirme 


  He is working as a farm slave
• Téarma dímheasa é an spailpín fánach


  Wandering Labourer is a disrespectful term
• Saol crua sclábhúil a bhí ag an spailpín


  The journeyman had a hard slavish life
• Is siombal é don saol crua anróiteach a bhí ag na bochtáin


  It is a symbol of the hard and painful life of the poor
• Sclábhaí feirme 


  Farm Slave
• Tugtar le tuiscint dúinn dá dteipfeadh ar a shláinte go mbeadh a phort seinnte 


  We are given the impression that if his health fails, his tune is played
• mar nach mbeadh éinne sásta é a fhostú. 


  because no one would be willing to hire him.
• Tá sé ag breath go buile is go hiomlán ar a shláinte. 


  He is heavily dependant on his health.
• Obair shéasurach 


  Seasonal work
• Poist : Ag cur na mbarraí i rith an earraigh, ag baint an fhéir i rith an tsamhraidh agus ag baint na bprátaí agus an arbhair i rith an fhómhair. 


  Jobs : Planting the crops during the spring, cutting the grass during the summer and harvesting the potatoes and corn during the autumn.
• Bhí air dul chuig na haontaí híreála


  He had to go to the hiring markets
• Ní raibh íomhá maith ag an spailpín


  The journeyman didn’t have a good image
• Caitheadh go dona leo - easpa measa, téarmaí dímheasa 


  They were treated badly - lack of respect, disrespectful term
• Bréan dá shaol atá á chaitheamh aige - sclábhaíocht, den obair crua, den taisteal


  The life he is living is foul
• Níl meas madra ag daoine ar an spailpín


  The journeyman didn’t have dogs respect
• Tréimhse staire shuaite a bhí ann


  It was a turbulent period of history
• Bhí na hÉireannaigh faoi smacht na nGall


  The Irish were under the control of the Gauls (English)
• Níl stádus ag an bhfear


  The man has no status
• Mar file, Bhí said fostaithe ag na huailse chun filíocht a Chumadh


  As a poet, they were employed by the nobility to compose poetry
• Ach anois, níl a dara rogha aige ach a bheith ag obair mar spailpín 


  But now, he has no other choice but to be a journeyman
• Siombal - is siombal é an spailpín don saol crua anróiteach a bhí ag na bochtáin


  Symbol - the journeyman is a symbol of the hard discharged life of the poor
• Seasann sé don easpa saoirse - muintir na hÉireann agus an spailpín


  It stands for the lack of freedom - the people of Ireland and the Spailpín
• Ag lorg athrú ina shaol


  Looking for a change in his life
• Bréann den stiogma agus an dímheas


  Stigma and depreciation
• Teastaíonn ón spailpín agus muintir na hÉireann neamhspleachas a fháil


  The Spailpín and the Irish people want to get independence
• Ag súil le tír saor - deireadh leis an bhfulaignt le cabhair ó na Francaigh


  Looking forward to a free country - the end of the suffering with the help of the French
• Faighimid eolas cuimsitheach ar an trèimhse 


  We get a comprehensive knowledge on the time period