Turas Filíochta - A Poetic Journey - Pádraic Fiacc

Shiúil Pádraic Fiacc go haonarach i ré dhorcha, gan a bheith dall agus thug sé léargas ar an éadóchas, ar an imirce agus ar chogafocht a linne. Bhf taithí nach beag aige ar choimhthíos agus ar chadrántacht an tsaoil. "Faidh na bhFál" é an Feirsteach fileata Fiacc, a thugann ár dúshlán-a léiríonn a ghaol agus a dháimh le Loch Laoi, a dhlútheheangal lena phobal dúchais, leis an nádúr. Finné sul é ar na Triobloidi ó 1969 ar aghaidh, a raibh taithí pearsanta aige féin orthu. D'éalaigh ó dhomhan an challáin i Nua Eabhrac gur phill sé ar a dhúchas agus é athlonnaithe i mBéal Feirste d'athbhunaigh sé a chairdeas le mórscribhneoir eile Ultach Michael McLaverty, Thug Fiacc súil siar ar Dhiarmaid agus ar Ghráinne, agus ar Chormac Mac Airt. Is fiodóir focal é a cheistíonn an saol thart air, spreagtar sa léitheoir combhá leis an té ar an imeall.

Aistriúcháin Ghaeilge ag scríbhneoirí oilte atá in "Turas Filíochta"

Pádraic Fiacc travelled a lonely road in a dark time; never blind, he presents many perceptive insights on lack of hope, emigration, mythology and the warfare experienced in Belfast during his own lifetime. He explores alienation and "Fáidh na bhFál"- this chronicler of the Falls Road- embarks on a poetic journey, revealing a passionate love for the people of his birthplace and beyond. An emigrant, he abandoned a noisy wartime New York and returned to the home shore, reconnecting with people and place, particularly with Ulster writer Michael McLaverty. Fiace was an eyewitness to the "Troubles", his experience moulding his world view. He travels back through mythology. Diarmaid and Gráinne's saga and High King Cormac Mac Airt feature and he confronts modern warfare.The reader is encouraged to ponder nature's wonders, poetry itself and his eternal search for simplicity and truth in life.

"Turas Filíochta" contains translations of Fiace's original poetry by some of the foremost Irish language writers. 

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