Colmáin le Cathal O Searcaigh

Question 1

Lonely person who doesn’t agree with society

Answer 1

Duine aonair nach réitíonn leis an tsochaí

Question 2

The poet shows the damage that is done when you’re not true to yorisekf

Answer 2

Léiríonn an file an dochar a dhéantar nuair nach bhfuil dilis dó féin

Question 3

The cat is a metaphor for people who are different

Answer 3

Is meafar é an cat don duine atá difriúil

Question 4

They make an effort to fit in with the people around them

Answer 4

Dhéanann siad iarracht luí isteach leis na daoine timpeall air

Question 5

Loneliness

Answer 5

Uaigneas

Question 6

There is but one cat in the poem

Answer 6

Níl ach cat amháin sa dán seo

Question 7

He isn’t like the pigeons or the two in the house

Answer 7

Níl sé cosúil leis an colmáin ná leis an mbeirt sa teach

Question 8

He’s alone

Answer 8

Tá sé ina aonar

Question 9

The cat stands for the minority and the pigeon for the majority

Answer 9

Seaseann an cat don mhionlach agus na colmáin don tromlach

Question 10

The poem shows that all the power is in the majority

Answer 10

Táispeánann an dán seo go bhfuil an chumhacht ar fad ag an tromlach

Question 11

The majority couldn’t care less about the lonely people who are different or unhappy

Answer 11

Is cuma leo an tromlach faoin duine aonair atá difriúil nó míshona

Question 12

We get a sad image of a lonely cat living in a place completely unnatural to him

Answer 12

Faighimid íomha brónach de chat uaigneach a chónaíonn in áit atá go hiomlán mínádúrtha dó

Question 13

He’s living on the seventh floor of an apartment block in the city and he cannot escape from this place

Answer 13

Tá sé ina chónaí ar an seachtú huirlár de bhíoc árasán sa chathair agus níl aon éalú aige ón áit sin

Question 14

He’s never seen another cat before and because of this he has an identity crisis

Answer 14

Ní fhaca sé cat eile riman ina shaol agus mar sin tá gearrchéim féináithinne aige

Question 15

He doesn’t know who he is

Answer 15

Ní fhios aige cé he féin

Question 16

He wants to play and mix with the pigeons

Answer 16

Ba mhaith leis a bheith ag sugradh agus ag meascadh le na colmáin

Question 17

He sits at the table with a napkin looking forward to being fed with the couple of the house

Answer 17

Suíonn sé ag am mbord le naipcín air ag súil go n-íosfaidh sé leis an lanúin tí

Question 18

He’s separated from life up there on the 7th floor

Answer 18

Tá sé scartha ón saol thuas ansin ar an seachtú hurlár

Question 19

All of life is going on outside of the window

Answer 19

Tá an saol ar fad ag dul ar aghaidh taobh amuigh de na fuinneoga

Question 20

The cat spends his days looking out on life

Answer 20

Caitheann an cat a chuid laethanta ag féachaint amach ar an saol

Question 21

The pigeons have no interest in him

Answer 21

Ní chuireann na colmáin súim dá laghad ann

Question 22

He does have the power or freedom to change his life

Answer 22

Níl an tsaoirse ná an chumhacht aige a shaol a athrú

Question 23

He doesn’t belong in the majority

Answer 23

Ní bhaineann sé leis an tromlach

Question 24

He makes every effort to be like the majority

To be like the couple and the pigeons

Answer 24

Déanann sé gach iarracht a bheith cosúil leis an tromlach

A bheith cosúil leis an lánúin tí leis na colmáin

Question 25

His death was a result of that

Answer 25

A bhás atá mar thoradh air sin

Question 26

The cat is sad because he doesn’t have any friends or company in his life

Answer 26

Tá an cat an-brónach toisc nach bhfuil cairde ná comhluador ar bith aige ina shaol

Question 27

The loneliness of a person who is different and marginalised

Answer 27

An uaigneas an duine atá difriúil agus imeallach

Question 28

Often we here about the 7th heaven as a perfect place. But in this case, the 7th floor is like hell for the cat

Answer 28

Uaireanta labhraitear faoi ‘7th heaven’ áit foirfe. Ach sa chás seo is geall le hifreann é an seachtú hurlár don chat

Question 29

He should be out and mixing with the other cats

Answer 29

Ba cheart go mbeadh sé taobh amuigh agus ag meascadh le cait eile

Question 30

The poet succeeds to show the loneliness felt by the cat to the reader

Answer 30

Éiríonn leis an bhfuil an t-uaigneas a mhothaíonn an cat a thaispeáint don léitheoir

Question 31

Everybody wants company friends and love

Answer 31

Teastaíonn comhluadar, cairde agus grá ag gach duine

Question 32

Even when he is dead, the pigeons don’t give him any interest. They continue on singing

Answer 32

Fiú agus é marbh, Ní cuireann na colmáin aoin suim ann. Leanann siad ar aghaidh ag canadh

Question 33

There is personification when traits are given to things that aren’t human

Answer 33

Bíonn pearsantú ann nuair a thugtar tréithe do rud nach bhfuil daonna

Question 34

Be would like to get love from the people around him

Answer 34

Ba bhreá leis grá a fháil ó na daoine timpeall air

Question 35

He feels sad and lonely when he sees the pigeons playing and flying with each other and there are no other cats

Answer 35

Mothaíonn sé brónach agus uaigneach nuair a fheiceann sé na colmáin ag sugradh agus ag eitilt lena chéile agus níl aon chat eile ann

Question 36

The lines ‘...’ move our heart

Answer 36

Bogann na líate ‘...’ ár gcroí

Question 37

Jumping to his death

Answer 37

Ag léim chun a bháis

Question 38

Because the cat thinks like a person, we have more understanding of his case

Answer 38

Toisc go smaoiníonn an cat mar dhuine, tá níos mó tuisceanna againn ar a chás

Question 39

In the plural

Answer 39

San uimhir iolra

Question 40

The pigeons are a group but there is only one cat

Answer 40

Is grúpa iad na colmáin ach níl ach cat amháin ann

Question 41

We have pity for the poor cat against the big crowd

Answer 41

Tá trua againn don chat bocht i bocine an tslua mhóir