Three poems on flood histories in rural Ireland

Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygl

6 Dyfyniadau(SciVal)
76 Wedi eu Llwytho i Lawr (Pure)

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This article presents three poems inspired by archival research on historical
perceptions of flooding and river engineering in Galway city and its rural
hinterland. Relationships between people and water, as recorded in earlytwentieth-
century minutes of a vice-regal commission on river drainage in
rural Ireland and historical newspaper accounts of flooding, are explored
and reimagined. The poems focus particularly on the management of flood
risk and geomorphological processes (erosion and sedimentation), ‘arterial
drainage,’ and individual emotional responses to traumatic floods and their
impacts. Reflecting on these poems, I suggest that part of poetry’s
contribution to the discipline is to provide a new and exciting way of
engaging with the archive.
Iaith wreiddiolSaesneg
Tudalennau (o-i)369-374
Nifer y tudalennau6
CyfnodolynCultural Geographies
Cyfrol25
Rhif cyhoeddi2
Dyddiad ar-lein cynnar06 Tach 2017
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)
StatwsCyhoeddwyd - 01 Ebr 2018

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