Introductory Assignment
This picture is of the Dingle peninsula, and features one of Ireland's most well known mountains, Mount Brandon. This picture illustrates the vast and captivating beauty of Ireland. This country has a lot to offer in so many areas, and this picture represents my never-ending curiosity about Ireland and its culture.
Part 2:
The Fish by William Butler Yeats
ALTHOUGH you hide in the ebb and flow
Of the pale tide when the moon has set,
The people of coming days will know
About the casting out of my net,
And how you have leaped times out of mind
Over the little silver cords,
And think that you were hard and unkind,
And blame you with many bitter words.
Fishing is a large part of Irish culture and society, with many people's jobs and lives depending on this profession. This poem describes the hardships faced by many fisherman when the fish do not seem to want to cooperate with them.
I chose this poem because I can relate to it being an avid fisherman myself, and have experienced these same emotions numerous times. I think this portrays the scene of not catching a fish in a very sophisticated way.
Part 3:
The reason I am in this class is because I think I am part Irish, and I am curious about my heritage. My mom was adopted, and her parents never told her, so naturally we have no records of her real side of the family. We speculate that we're part Irish. I base my theory mainly on my pale skin, numerous freckles, and red hair. If that's not Irish, I don't know what is! This had made me extremely curious about Ireland and the Irish culture. Also, the beauty I have seen in pictures of Ireland mesmerizes me. I have always wanted to visit Ireland and experience the country first hand.
posted by Ames2007 @ 8:52 PM
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The Dingle peninsula, in Co Kerry in the far southwest of Ireland, is a stronghold for traditional music and folklore. After the English invasions of the 12th, 16th, and 17th centuries, and the expansion of English-speaking culture from Dublin on the east coast and Belfast on the northeast coast, Gaelic-speaking peoples were gradually pushed out of the fertile midlands of the country and into the much more isolated, less desirable farmlands and coasts of Donegal, Connemara, Clare, and Kerry.
But the linguistic and geographical isolation of these places also meant that Gaelic-language culture, music, and folklore stayed strong and that much folklore which was lost in the English "Pale" (origin of the term "beyond the Pale") was retained in these "Gaeltachta."
Fish are a very important symbolic animal in Ireland, particularly the salmon, a symbol of wisdom (musical instruments were often decorated with salmon for this reason).
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