Shanvocht
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Jump to navigationJump to search- Shan Van Vocht: (Hiberno-English) "poor old woman" (Irish: seanbhean bhocht), a symbol of Ireland found in the Nationalistic songs and poems about the sacrifice and martyrdom of Ireland to Norman and English rule → she invokes the image of ALP
- Kathleen ni Houlihan, as portrayed in William Butler Yeat's play, is a more recent form of the "poor old woman" who calls upon the men of Ireland to fight against the Colonial powers
- The Shan Van Vocht: (song) a nationistic song about the Year of the French (1798) and the United Irishmen's rebellion against English rule
