How did ye all get on in Irish paper II?

kevinreilly93

So, how was it?

I think I did fairly well in this paper aswel, thank God gra came up for the poetry section!

Dub973

kevinreilly93 wrote: »

So, how was it?

I think I did fairly well in this paper aswel, thank God gra came up for the poetry section!

I thought it was easier than paper 1 if that's possible! Thought the unseen poetry was challenging but nothing that caused problems

iheartboosh

It went great for me!
I was so happy wiht the themes that came up for both prose and poetry. I chose "grá" for my prose and I wrote about "Dunmharú ar an Dart" and I chose "brón" for the poetry section and wrote about "Mac Eile ag Imeacht".
Unseen prose was great, but the unseen poetry was pretty difficult
The letter was ridiculously easy! Wrote two pages about being at the gaeltacht last year (literally wrote everything i did when I actually went there last summer!)
I'm so happy with both papers, we're lucky we got off easy this year! xD

Dicksboro_man

The paper was eeeeeasy!

Namlub

Naturally, we get the easiest paper ever and I completely mess the letter up. Great stuff.

Ambrosia

Well, thats a relief. Soo delighted with that, poems and stories grand, letter simple and the comprehensions mildly challenging but ok overall!

Irishgirl94x

It was sooo easy! The only 2 topics I knew came up for seen prose and poetry

claudtreacy

i had no time
:mad:

Zipp101

How much did people write for the letter.

It only asks for half a page!!!!

claudtreacy

Zipp101 wrote: »

How much did people write for the letter.

It only asks for half a page!!!!

2 pages
they lie when they say half a page cause they'd only give ya 5 marks for that shwear ta god

soccymonster

wrote a page and half for the letter!
i'm so happy with how irish went.. the unseen poetry was abit hard though, anyone care to explain the poem about oisin to me? i got the storm one but i'm not sure about oisin?

LoonyLovegood

I thought it was hard enough, I liked paper one, but paper two seemed really hard. Everyone in my year thought that though, even the guy with the fainne.

claudtreacy

CTYIgirl wrote: »

I thought it was hard enough, I liked paper one, but paper two seemed really hard. Everyone in my year thought that though, even the guy with the fainne.

fainne?

soccymonster

claudtreacy wrote: »

fainne?

I second that?? Whats this about a fainne?

Ambrosia

And think the Oisin one pretty much told the story of the poem, my rough translation:

The man that left the Fianna came on a white horse from tir na nog.
300 years he spent there and still was young But the fianna had been sleeping in the grave for many years.
Dont get off the horse, or youll be old my love, long years are spent since Fionn heard your voice.
The advice oof niamh he didnt listen to, the man on the white horse. He who was young and strong, as he was when he said goodbye.
But oisin fell from the white horse and changed into an old weak man, after years of waiting.

Rough and bits missing but thats about it I think.

LoonyLovegood

I might have spelt it wrong. He's fluent in Irish, and took a test to get a badge, called a fainne. That's how it's pronounced, anyways.

claudtreacy

CTYIgirl wrote: »

I might have spelt it wrong. He's fluent in Irish, and took a test to get a badge, called a fainne. That's how it's pronounced, anyways.

oh yeah ive heard about that before. haha i know a girl that got it. she wrote F for fainne on her wrist for months before to show her dedication and to remind herself.........weird

Dicksboro_man

Does anyone know what An Stoirm was about?

Ambrosia

Ya metaphor comparing the storm to a giant really. You know I didnt just find the poems easy, I liked them! Weirdness ...

Eoin MurMur

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

Does anyone know what An Stoirm was about?

Me and some of me friends showed our teacher the paper afterwards cos we had no idea It's about this guy who's comparing a storm to a giant or something.

The paper all in all was pretty good. I'm thinking I'll scrape a B in irish hopefully

But the unseen prós and poetry were pretty bad...As always. No suprise there :P

claudtreacy

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

Does anyone know what An Stoirm was about?

the poet was describing this *man* ie storm outside that ripped the trees from their roots, yelled down the chimney and other stuff. and at the end he was like 'but i didnt mind because i was cuddled up in bed..."
i did two differences between them ..talked about the obvious diff. in themes and then i said the ending of the first one was funny but the ending of the second was sad because oisin like...wasnt young anymore
i was so happy i could understand them because usually i havent a clue what their on about..:D

Dicksboro_man

claudtreacy wrote: »

the poet was describing this *man* ie storm outside that ripped the trees from their roots, yelled down the chimney and other stuff. and at the end he was like 'but i didnt mind because i was cuddled up in bed..."
i did two differences between them ..talked about the obvious diff. in themes and then i said the ending of the first one was funny but the ending of the second was sad because oisin like...wasnt young anymore
i was so happy i could understand them because usually i havent a clue what their on about..:D

Yesss! I got it right then. Thanks lads.

soccymonster

Ambrosia wrote: »

And think the Oisin one pretty much told the story of the poem, my rough translation:

The man that left the Fianna came on a white horse from tir na nog.
300 years he spent there and still was young But the fianna had been sleeping in the grave for many years.
Dont get off the horse, or youll be old my love, long years are spent since Fionn heard your voice.
The advice oof niamh he didnt listen to, the man on the white horse. He who was young and strong, as he was when he said goodbye.
But oisin fell from the white horse and changed into an old weak man, after years of waiting.

Rough and bits missing but thats about it I think.

wtf? i thought a little boy called oisin was being bold and started hitting a horse?? and then niamh wanted him to stop? oh crap:p

Ambrosia

I'm sorry .... but I actually laughed. :pac:

Havent you heard the story of tir na nog and oisin?

soccymonster

Ambrosia wrote: »

I'm sorry .... but I actually laughed. :pac:

Havent you heard the story of tir na nog and oisin?

oh thanks!!.. nope:rolleyes: never have!

Namlub

soccymonster wrote: »

wtf? i thought a little boy called oisin was being bold and started hitting a horse?? and then niamh wanted him to stop? oh crap:p

Ahahahaha! Oh God, sorry but I can only imagine your answer. Heh heh.

soccymonster

Namlub wrote: »

Ahahahaha! Oh God, sorry but I can only imagine your answer. Heh heh.

oh thanks.! i tried to avoid alot of those oisin questions though because i didn't really understand the comprehension!.. you cant blame me though, it said "oisin an te a thainig, is a thit da capall ban"..which i saw as "oisin came and hit the horse!"
Ah crap!

DontFearThe

soccymonster wrote: »

wtf? i thought a little boy called oisin was being bold and started hitting a horse?? and then niamh wanted him to stop? oh crap:p

I thought it was about a man named oisin who went on a horse and fell in love with Niamh!!Does anyone know wat the unseen pros was about?
I failed paper 2 so bad....

LoonyLovegood

DontFearThe wrote: »

I thought it was about a man named oisin who went on a horse and fell in love with Niamh!!Does anyone know wat the unseen pros was about?
I failed paper 2 so bad....

I thought it was about a guy called Seainín who was afraid of a dolphin...

Namlub

soccymonster wrote: »

oh thanks.! i tried to avoid alot of those oisin questions though because i didn't really understand the comprehension!.. you cant blame me though, it said "oisin an te a thainig, is a thit da capall ban"..which i saw as "oisin came and hit the horse!"
Ah crap!

Bhuail is hit, thit is fell. Bloody Irish.

Ambrosia

He wasnt afraid of the dolphin the dolphin was his best friend.

smileeey

paper was easy but i ran out of time! how typical!
paper one was easier thou!
eachtra!!!:D:D:D

LoonyLovegood

Ambrosia wrote: »

He wasnt afraid of the dolphin the dolphin was his best friend.

CRAP! I failed that paper then, that was the only one I thought I got right.

j'aime

that one was about a dolphin that was kidnapped ...

daisy17

DontFearThe wrote: »

I thought it was about a man named oisin who went on a horse and fell in love with Niamh!!Does anyone know wat the unseen pros was about?

I think the unseen prose was about this boy called Seainín who was friends with a dolphin called Dorád who was kidnapped before the story begins, or at least before the extract they gave us begins. He was so sad about the dolphin being kidnapped that he didn't eat very much of his dinner, and his parents said not to be worried, that the dolphin would come back. Then we find out that Seainín's three friends had gone to England to look for the man who kidnapped the dolphin. Then Seainín gets a call from one of the friends who says they found the dolphin and he was safe and sound, and was on his way home with them now. Then Seainín told his parents that his friends found the dolphin, then one of them says 'I told you he would return!' and then Seainín says that he is now hungry.
At least I'm pretty sure that's what it meant!!

Did anyone answer the question about the traits of Seainín's parents? What did u write for it?

j'aime

dat it !!!

Ambrosia

daisy17 wrote: »

I think the unseen prose was about this boy called Seainín who was friends with a dolphin called Dorád who was kidnapped before the story begins, or at least before the extract they gave us begins. He was so sad about the dolphin being kidnapped that he didn't eat very much of his dinner, and his parents said not to be worried, that the dolphin would come back. Then we find out that Seainín's three friends had gone to England to look for the man who kidnapped the dolphin. Then Seainín gets a call from one of the friends who says they found the dolphin and he was safe and sound, and was on his way home with them now. Then Seainín told his parents that his friends found the dolphin, then one of them says 'I told you he would return!' and then Seainín says that he is now hungry.
At least I'm pretty sure that's what it meant!!

Did anyone answer the question about the traits of Seainín's parents? What did u write for it?

Yes thats what it was. Nothing about being afraid of them unfortunately. No didnt do that q, did the one about why was the ending sasuil.

iamthecheese

daisy17 wrote: »

I think the unseen prose was about this boy called Seainín who was friends with a dolphin called Dorád who was kidnapped before the story begins, or at least before the extract they gave us begins. He was so sad about the dolphin being kidnapped that he didn't eat very much of his dinner, and his parents said not to be worried, that the dolphin would come back. Then we find out that Seainín's three friends had gone to England to look for the man who kidnapped the dolphin. Then Seainín gets a call from one of the friends who says they found the dolphin and he was safe and sound, and was on his way home with them now. Then Seainín told his parents that his friends found the dolphin, then one of them says 'I told you he would return!' and then Seainín says that he is now hungry.
At least I'm pretty sure that's what it meant!!

Did anyone answer the question about the traits of Seainín's parents? What did u write for it?

I think I said they were spreaguil and cinealta, because they were telling him that the dolphin would come back - the examiners will probably accept anything because it's not like they'll say no they weren't kind or encouraging... unless you say something like they're murderous and cross which would be stupid of course

Irishgirl94x

I said they were go deas agus cinnealta. Is that okay?

Ambrosia

I sunno they are kinda the same thing, could get away with it though!

I didnt do that one because i couldnt think of a second one, well done for thinking of spreauil, that was clever.

daisy17

I did dóchasach and grámhar and then said they were dóchasach (hopeful) cuz they said that the dolphin would return even tho it had been kidnapped

soccymonster

still can't get my head around that question to do with the unseen poetry about the oisin guy!.. I'm kicking myself over it!!!!

partyatmygaff

Looking at all these posts now I think I may of completely f*cked up Irish and maths unbelievably.
Im also starting to doubt the work I did for english even though Im pretty sure english was fine.

Irish I didn't completely mess up paper 1(Atleast I hope not) but paper 2 until now I've messed up a question in the reading comprehension and the one of the giotaí gearra and my studied prós and poetry were fine I think but unseen poetry was a disaster.


Listening was fine except for Cuid B (Some of it)

Hoping a C now, really worried.

Gonna work my @ss off for atleast a B in maths, Paper 2 studying.

kevinreilly93

Zipp101 wrote: »

How much did people write for the letter.

It only asks for half a page!!!!

I wrote about a full a4 page for it, was probably the best letter i've ever written in my life lol!

laoisbabe2k9

i thought paper 2 was quite easy.... eachtra was handy:D:D:pac:

i wrote 3 pages for my letter cuz luckily we had done it like 10 times in school:rolleyes: practically new it off by heart...=)

only thing i done the gaelteacht one and wrote de whole letter saying ii was still in the gaelteacht but i think now ya wer sopose 2 write it wen u wer home...................:(:(:(???????????

AJC09

I never thought that the irish could get as easy as my mocks but it was!!!:D:D:D I even got bored looking over my papers but I didnt leave early case I spotted something. In our paper 1 there was about 40 people in the exam centre but once the exam was over there was 5. Thats how everyone else thought of it lol

Mialuvzfun!

ye dey wer both pretty easy exept d short rdin comps nd i didnt realise d lettr frm d galtacht was bhi not ta so i did mine in d present tense hopefuly it wnt matter dat much ne one no if it will??

Barnstorm

I found the whole thing really easy, aural included! The unseen poetry was simple, so much easier than any of the past/sample papers! Everything worked out, and I had plenty of time left. Had a slight problem with the letter... I couldn't figure out how to end it! I just said I got lost in a forest and fell down a hill. Good thing they don't dock marks for boring answers!

j'aime

wel if the examiner doesnt find your letter interesting there less inclined to give you the marks? :P