Motherfoclóir
Dispatches from a not so dead language. Hosted by Darach O'Séaghdha.
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Introducing | Words To That Effect
Motherfocloir is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network and there are lots of other shows on the network we think you might like. Words To That Effect is a show that tells stories of the fiction behind popular culture and if you're a fan of Mother...
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186: #186 | Last Orders – The Residents' Bar
Thank you for your support over the last four years.
Thank you for inviting us into your headphones and into your head. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we d...
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BONUS | Amy Louise O'Callaghan and the Irish Arts Center NYC
If you follow Darach's Word of the Week project with the Irish Arts Center in New York, you'll have seen the artwork of Amy Louise O'Callaghan - @amylouioc on Twitte...
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185: #185 | Last Orders – The Grass Beard: Finn Longman and Queer Readings of An Táin
Join us for the final episode of Motherfoclóir, live on Zoom tonight: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55377967
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184: #184 | Last Orders – Motherfoclóir Meets Blindboy
The re-release of Professor Terence Dolan's Dictionary of Hiberno-English didn't happen by accident, but was nudged into existence by a writer who also happens to be...
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183: #183 | Last Orders – 32 Shades of Salach: Romance Novels with Róisín McNally
In terms of literary prestige, romance novels don't get no respect, ranking lower than sports biographies and screenplay novelisations on the scale of respectability...
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