Cúchulainn, Séadna is eile ligthe i ndearmad
AGUS mé ag léamh nuachtáin ag an deireadh seachtaine, thug mé faoi ndeara go raibh liosta acu den dhá scór charactair is mó i bhficsean na hÉireann.
Oiread is deoraí a luadh ar an liosta seo de charactairí ficsin na #Gaeilge. Ba bhoichte go mór an liosta dá bharr.
I gcead don dream a chum an liosta ach níl aon chomparáid idir Cúchulainn, carachtair de chuid na Rúraíochta, agus Nidge, an drongadóir ó Love/Hate.
B’fhéidir go bhfaca níos mó daoine an drongadóir úd á scaoileadh chun báis ina chúl ghairdín ach beidh cuimhe ar feadh na cianta ar an laoch, Cúchulainn.
Reading a weekend newspaper I came across a useful filler of white space, a compilation of 40 of the greatest characters from Irish fiction.
Not one of the characters came from Irish language literature and was the poorer for it.
Imagine including Nidge, the gangster who met his death in his back garden, and omitting Cúchulainn from any such list.
Ní h-amháin Cúchulainn ach Séadna, Jimín Mháire Thaidhg, Caitríona Pháidín (Cré na
Cille), d’fhágadh iad go léir anuas den liosta.
Seans gur ag na Gaeil a bheidh an gháir dheiridh nó feicim go bhfuil Netflix sa tóir ar an gcéad ‘Game of Thrones’ eile.
Agus ní doigh liom go bhféadfadh siad dul ar strae le sraith eipiciúil faoi Chúchulainn.
Táim féin saghas ceanúil ar Shéadna nó ritheann sé liom gur as Múscraí nó, b’fhéidir, Dúiche Ealla dhó!
Bheadh sé go deas scannán a fheiscint faoin sár charactair seo a chum an tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire.
Not alone Cúchulainn but Séadna, Jimín, Caitríona Pháidín were all left off the list published in the weekend newspaper.
We may yet enjoy the last laugh, however, as global streaming service Netflix is looking for a character from Ireland to whom they would give the Game of Thrones treatment.
No character fits that billing as aptly as Cúchulainn and he would definitely be worthy of an epic series. I’m also keen to see Séadna whose adventures were chronicled by an tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire get the big or small screen treatment. I imagine he’s from Múscraí or Duhallow...