What does it mean in Irish history, if anything. Thanks.
2006-09-29 23:01:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Roisin Dubh (Dark Rosaleen)
After many failed rebellions against the English the last remaining Irish leaders, the earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnell saw no alternative but flight from the country in 1607. This became known as "the Flight of the Earls". It marked the end of Gaelic Ireland.
The Irish poem , Roisín Dubh (Dark Rosaleen) was written at this time. It tells in allegorical terms the hopes of the native Irish that the Pope and the King of Spain might come to their aid. The call to arms is well concealed in the poem to avoid 'Treasonable Utterances' for which the penalty was death.
Site 1 below gives the poem in Irish and the translation by Padriac Pearse, a poet and one of the leaders of the 1916 rebellion.
A more famous and poetic translation was made by the poet James Clarence Mangan (b. May 1, 1803 - d. June 20, 1849)
this is at site 2
2006-09-30 13:30:53 · answer #1 · answered by alpha 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The name Roisin Dubh is Irish for the "Little Dark Rose" or the "Dark Rosaleen." It is pronounced - 'Ro - sheen Doo.'
2006-09-29 23:17:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Roisin is a name. That's about all I've got...
2006-09-29 23:02:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋