Nuair a smaoin\u00edm anois ar an bPiarsach, tagann chugam isteach ar thonn na cuimhne, an l\u00e1 \u00fad fad\u00f3, nuair a d\u2019inis an M\u00e1istir, i Scoil N\u00e1isi\u00fanta na Cille M\u00f3ire Iorrais, sc\u00e9al an Phiarsaigh d\u00fainn. Tagann chugam freisin, an grianghraf \u00fad, a l\u00e9irigh cl\u00f3 leicinn an Phiarsaigh, picti\u00far, d\u00e1r linne, a l\u00e9irigh s\u00e9imhe, mac\u00e1ntacht, agus fear\u00falacht. Sea, agus cuimhn\u00edm freisin, ar na huaigheanna n\u00e9ata, rangaithe, \u00fad, i gCnoc an Arbhair, gona gcrainn arda l\u00e1sacha, gona leacht ard, snoite, clochach. <\/span><\/p> That terrible beauty!<\/span><\/strong><\/p> Ach thar aon rud eile, tagann v\u00e9arsa\u00ed an Yeatsaigh chugam, agus \u00e9 ag smaoineamh ar an bPiarsach ch\u00e9anna sin.<\/span><\/p> \u201cThis man kept a school<\/span><\/p> And rode our winged horse..\u201d<\/span><\/p> Agus ar\u00eds…<\/span><\/p> I write it out in a verse<\/span><\/p> McDonagh and McBride<\/span><\/p> And Connolly and Pearse<\/span><\/p> Now and in time to be<\/span><\/p> Wherever the Green is worn<\/span><\/p> Are changed, changed utterly<\/span><\/p> A terrible beauty is born\u201d<\/span><\/p> An Gearrsc\u00e9ala\u00ed<\/span><\/strong><\/p> Ach n\u00ed chuige sin at\u00e1 m\u00e9, an iarraidh seo, n\u00f3 is \u00e9 at\u00e1 ag d\u00e9anamh tinnis dom, sa phiosa seo, n\u00f3 Gearrsc\u00e9alta an Phiarsaigh, mar b\u00edodh go raibh scileanna aige i mbun fil\u00edochta agus i mbun dr\u00e1ma\u00edochta, agus fi\u00fa i mbun \u00f3r\u00e1id\u00edochta, is \u00e9 mo thuairim fh\u00e9in, n\u00f3 gur mar ghearrsc\u00e9ala\u00ed ba mh\u00f3 a bhain s\u00e9 cl\u00fa agus c\u00e1il amach <\/span>d\u00f3 fh\u00e9in. Chuaigh s\u00e9 i mbun pinn agus \u00e9 an-\u00f3g, agus lean den n\u00f3s sin thar na blianta. Sa bhliain 1902, agus \u00e9 tr\u00ed bliana is fiche, thosaigh s\u00e9 ag scr\u00edobh altanna agus cuntais chuig an Claidheamh Solais. Cur s\u00edos ar a imeachta\u00ed agus ar a eachtra\u00ed i gConamara, ba mh\u00f3 a bh\u00edodh idir cham\u00e1in aige sna p\u00edosa\u00ed sin. Ba chara leis an eagarth\u00f3ir, Eoin \u00d3 Neachtain \u00e9, agus d\u2019fhoils\u00edodh seisean chuile sh\u00f3rt uaidh. Ag cur s\u00edos ar aiste acu sin, \u201cL\u00e1 F\u00e1\u2019n Tuaith\u201d d\u00fairt Ruth Dudley Edwards, ina Beathaisn\u00e9is scol\u00e1rtha, faoin bPiarsach…..<\/span><\/p> \u201cIt smacked more of the schoolboy essay than of the serious literary effort of an adult. But as with oratory, so with writing. Pearse had to learn his craft, he was only beginning.\u201d<\/span><\/p> Ag scaipeadh an sc\u00e9il<\/span><\/strong><\/p> \u201cFair enough\u201d, ad\u00e9arfadh duine, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir, ach ag an am gc\u00e9anna, chaithfeadh duine smaoineamh, nach raibh an oiread sin eiseaml\u00e1ir\u00ed ag an bPiarsach, le bheith ag d\u00e9anamh aithrise orthu, an t-am sin. I nd\u00e1ir\u00edre, is d\u00f3cha go bhf\u00e9adf\u00e1 a r\u00e1, go raibh s\u00e9 ag iarraidh litr\u00edocht na Gaeilge a chur in oiri\u00faint don r\u00e9 inar mhair s\u00e9. Rinne s\u00e9 a dh\u00edcheall ar roinnt scr\u00edbhneoir\u00ed Gaeilge a spreagadh, le gearrsc\u00e9alta nua-aoiseacha a scr\u00edobh i nGaeilge, ach ba bheag aird a tugadh air, agus i ndeireadh na d\u00e1la, tuigeadh d\u00f3, nach raibh an dara rogha aige ach tabhairt faoin ngn\u00f3 \u00e9 fh\u00e9in. Sa bhliain 1905, d\u2019\u00e9irigh leis an gearrsc\u00e9al \u201cPoll an Ph\u00edobaire\u201d a chur de, b\u00edodh n\u00e1r chuir s\u00e9 a ainm fh\u00e9in leis an sc\u00e9al sin, ach bhain \u00fas\u00e1id as, Colm \u00d3 Conaire, mar ainm cleite. <\/span><\/p> Thaitin s\u00e9 le XYZ<\/span><\/strong><\/p> Thaitin an sceal le Sgeilg (Se\u00e1n \u00d3 Ceallaigh) agus rinne s\u00e9 l\u00e9irmheast\u00f3ireacht air san Irish People, faoin ainm cleite, XYZ. Seo mar a chuir seisean \u00e9:-<\/span><\/p> \u201cThe most artistic and suggestive publication of its kind yet issued by the League…..easily the most vigorous and idiomatic piece of modern Irish that has so far been given to us by the Western writers.\u201d <\/span><\/p> Rinne an \u201cClaidheamh Solais\u201d an sc\u00e9al a l\u00e9irmheas freisin, agus mhol go hard \u00e9, agus c\u00e9 go nd\u00fairt an l\u00e9irmheast\u00f3ir, nach raibh aon eolas aige ar an \u00fadar \u00f3g, ag an am gc\u00e9anna, tuigeadh d\u00f3, go raibh a st\u00edl an-chos\u00fail le st\u00edl an \u201cChlaidheamh Solais\u201d fh\u00e9in. Ba \u00e9 ba ch\u00fais le sin, d\u00e1r leis, n\u00f3 an tionchar a bh\u00ed ag an Nuacht\u00e1n sin ar an \u00fadar \u00f3g sin, Colm \u00d3 Conaire.<\/span><\/p> N\u00edor mealladh an tAthair Ua Duinn\u00edn, \u00e1fach!<\/span><\/strong><\/p> Nior buaileadh aon bhob \u00e1fach, ar an Athair Ua Duinn\u00edn, an focl\u00f3ir\u00ed. Ba bheag a mheas si\u00fad ar scr\u00edbhneoir\u00ed an Iarthair, agus rinne s\u00e9 spior spear de l\u00e9irmheas XYZ, <\/span><\/p> \u201cAs regards a certain Irish Storyette with a nauseous name…..\u201d<\/span><\/p> \u201cI have tasted Conemara butter before now, it has its defects..but it is natural….over-salted, yes…and over-dosed with the water of the b\u00e9arlachas..yes…but it is genuine mountain butter all the same, and not clever margarine…This storyette however smacks more of the margarine of the slums, than pure mountain butter….\u201d<\/span><\/p> Leag an Duinn\u00edneach b\u00e9im ar theideal masmasach an sc\u00e9il, mar ad\u00fairt s\u00e9, agus chuaigh an saghad sin go dt\u00ed an beo sa Phiarsach, n\u00f3 b\u2019fhuath leis g\u00e1irsi\u00falacht de chine\u00e1l ar bith, agus d\u00e1 chruth\u00fa sin, f\u00e9ach gur fh\u00e1g s\u00e9 ina uacht \u00e9, go n-athr\u00f3fa\u00ed ainm an sc\u00e9il sin, agus go nglaofa\u00ed \u201cAn Uaimh\u201d feasta air in \u00e1it <\/span>Poll an Phiobaire<\/span><\/strong>. Ach le filleadh ar an nDuinn\u00edneach, n\u00ed raibh s\u00e9 cr\u00edochnaithe f\u00f3s le Colm \u00d3 Conaire, n\u00f3 cib\u00e9 a scr\u00edobh <\/span>Poll an Ph\u00edobaire<\/span><\/strong>, agus chuir s\u00e9 cr\u00edoch lena alt fh\u00e9in, ag s\u00fail go n-\u00e9ireodh leis an \u00fadar \u00f3g tuilleadh sc\u00e9alta a shol\u00e1thar d\u00fainn as an bhfoinse ch\u00e9anna sin, s\u00e9 sin, as <\/span>Poll<\/span><\/strong> an Ph\u00edobaire! Fair Play! don Duinn\u00edneach. N\u00edor chaill s\u00e9 riamh \u00e9! D\u00e1 mba r\u00e1s\u00far a theanga, n\u00edor gh\u00e1 faobhar a chur riamh air! Is d\u00f3cha gur tuigeadh d\u00f3, go mba \u00e9 an Piarsach fh\u00e9in a chum an \u201cStoryette\u201d, mar a thug s\u00e9 air, agus t\u00e1\u2019s ag an l\u00e1 n\u00e1rbh \u00e9 an Piarsach a rogha scr\u00edbhneora, agus n\u00e1r mhinic a rinne s\u00e9 ceap magaidh de Ch\u00e9imeanna L\u00e9inn an <\/span>Phiarsaigh, s\u00e9 sin, BA agus BL, nuair a thugadh s\u00e1, BABL, air, ag cur an T\u00fair ch\u00e1ili\u00fail \u00fad fad\u00f3, i gcumhne d\u00fainn!<\/span><\/p> *************<\/span><\/p> Peadar Bair\u00e9ad.<\/span><\/p> *************<\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Gearrsc\u00e9al Nuair a smaoin\u00edm anois ar an bPiarsach, tagann chugam isteach ar thonn na cuimhne, an l\u00e1 \u00fad fad\u00f3, nuair a d\u2019inis an M\u00e1istir, i Scoil N\u00e1isi\u00fanta na Cille M\u00f3ire Iorrais, sc\u00e9al an Phiarsaigh d\u00fainn. Tagann chugam freisin, an grianghraf \u00fad, a l\u00e9irigh cl\u00f3 leicinn an Phiarsaigh, picti\u00far, d\u00e1r linne, a l\u00e9irigh s\u00e9imhe, mac\u00e1ntacht, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11836,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835\/revisions\/11836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}