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Filíocht Anois

Season 1

2014tvReturning Series1 Season · 10 Ep
Animation

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Network: BBC Two

Season aired: 2014-01-27

Overview

Animated shorts exploring the meanings behind poems.

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Episodes · 10

An Peaca
1

An Peaca

4m2014-01-27

Witty animation that explores the philosophical thoughts and meanings behind the poem An Peaca, written by the great Irish language poet Seán Ó Ríordáin.

Oileán agus Oileán Eile
2

Oileán agus Oileán Eile

4m2014-02-03

Witty animation that explores Seán Ó Ríordáin's personal philosophy on the nature of poetry in the poem Oileán agus Oileán Eile.

An tSeanbhean Bhocht
3

An tSeanbhean Bhocht

4m2014-02-10

Witty animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's poem, where Ireland is no longer portrayed as a beautiful woman, but a quarrelsome old woman who cannot be pleased.

Leaba Shíoda
4

Leaba Shíoda

4m2014-02-17

Enchanting animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's powerful love poem, where the natural world becomes a metaphor for physical love.

Oileán
5

Oileán

4m2014-02-24

Animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's radical poem where she imagines her lover as an island.

Cuimhne an Domhnaigh
6

Cuimhne an Domhnaigh

4m2014-03-03

Striking animation that explores Máirtín Ó Direáin's reflective poem about the uneasy relationship between the individual and his island home, Inis Mór.

An tEarrach Thiar
7

An tEarrach Thiar

4m2014-03-10

A striking animation that explores the poet Máirtín Ó Direáin's early romantic reflections of his island home, Inis Mór.

Blianta an Chogaidh (The War Years)
8

Blianta an Chogaidh (The War Years)

4m2013-10-28

Powerful animated short that explores Máirtín Ó Direáin's guilty reflection on Ireland's neutral stance during the Second World War, captured in the poem Blianta an Chogaidh.

One for Sorrow
9

One for Sorrow

4m2014-03-24

A striking animation that explores the poet Gréagóir Ó Dúill's personal poem that celebrates the life of his beloved aunt.

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An Caoradóir

4m2014-03-31

A striking animation that explores Cathal Ó Searcaigh's poem about the bleak and lonely life of an old sheep farmer, typical of rural Gortahork.

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