Filíocht Anois
January 27, 2014
1 Season • 10 Episodes
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Animated shorts exploring the meanings behind poems.
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Animated shorts exploring the meanings behind poems.
January 27, 2014 • 4m
Witty animation that explores the philosophical thoughts and meanings behind the poem An Peaca, written by the great Irish language poet Seán Ó Ríordáin.
February 3, 2014 • 4m
Witty animation that explores Seán Ó Ríordáin's personal philosophy on the nature of poetry in the poem Oileán agus Oileán Eile.
February 10, 2014 • 4m
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.
February 17, 2014 • 4m
Enchanting animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's powerful love poem, where the natural world becomes a metaphor for physical love.
February 24, 2014 • 4m
Animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's radical poem where she imagines her lover as an island.
March 3, 2014 • 4m
Striking animation that explores Máirtín Ó Direáin's reflective poem about the uneasy relationship between the individual and his island home, Inis Mór.
March 10, 2014 • 4m
A striking animation that explores the poet Máirtín Ó Direáin's early romantic reflections of his island home, Inis Mór.
October 28, 2013 • 4m
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.
March 24, 2014 • 4m
A striking animation that explores the poet Gréagóir Ó Dúill's personal poem that celebrates the life of his beloved aunt.
March 31, 2014 • 4m
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.
