About this season
Animated shorts exploring the meanings behind poems.
Episodes (10)
1. An Peaca
Aired 27 January 2014 • 4 min
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
Aired 3 February 2014 • 4 min
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
Aired 10 February 2014 • 4 min
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
Aired 17 February 2014 • 4 min
Enchanting animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's powerful love poem, where the natural world becomes a metaphor for physical love.
5. Oileán
Aired 24 February 2014 • 4 min
Animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's radical poem where she imagines her lover as an island.
6. Cuimhne an Domhnaigh
Aired 3 March 2014 • 4 min
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
Aired 10 March 2014 • 4 min
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)
Aired 28 October 2013 • 4 min
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
Aired 24 March 2014 • 4 min
A striking animation that explores the poet Gréagóir Ó Dúill's personal poem that celebrates the life of his beloved aunt.
10. An Caoradóir
Aired 31 March 2014 • 4 min
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.