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.