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Animated shorts exploring the meanings behind poems.
Now playingSeason 1, Episode 1
Watching1. An Peaca
Witty animation that explores the philosophical thoughts and meanings behind the poem An Peaca, written by the great Irish language poet Seán Ó Ríordáin.
2. Oileán agus Oileán Eile
Witty animation that explores Seán Ó Ríordáin's personal philosophy on the nature of poetry in the poem Oileán agus Oileán Eile.
3. An tSeanbhean Bhocht
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.
4. Leaba Shíoda
Enchanting animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's powerful love poem, where the natural world becomes a metaphor for physical love.
5. Oileán
Animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's radical poem where she imagines her lover as an island.
6. Cuimhne an Domhnaigh
Striking animation that explores Máirtín Ó Direáin's reflective poem about the uneasy relationship between the individual and his island home, Inis Mór.
7. An tEarrach Thiar
A striking animation that explores the poet Máirtín Ó Direáin's early romantic reflections of his island home, Inis Mór.
8. Blianta an Chogaidh (The War Years)
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.
9. One for Sorrow
A striking animation that explores the poet Gréagóir Ó Dúill's personal poem that celebrates the life of his beloved aunt.
10. An Caoradóir
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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