Motherfoclóir
Dispatches from a not so dead language. Hosted by Darach O'Séaghdha.
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124: #124 | Quarantine Sessions 2: London Calling (with Ciara McShane)
In the past decade, certain subcultures have been identified in social media. Fiat 500 Twitter, FBPE and Scottish Twitter have all been documented to some degree as having their own implied sets of rules, values and norms which are distinct from whatever ...
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123: #123 | Quarantine Sessions 1: Tír na nÓg
We had some very fine plans for Season 3, but, like the best laid schemes of mice and men, they have “gang aft agley” (been ruined) by external events. We have been ...
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BONUS | Behind The Bestseller – Sam Blake Talks To Darach Ó Séaghdha
To keep you all going during these strange times, here is Motherfoclóir's own Darach Ó Séaghdha in conversation with Sam Blake on another HeadStuff Podcast, Read More →
122: #122 | The Skellig List: Irish Storytelling from Mythology to TikTok with Róisín McNally
“Basic Structure of an Irish Fairytale:
Do you understand what mythology is...
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121: #121 | Book ‘em, Gráinne: 2020 at An Siopa Leabhar
It’s a new year and Gráinne Ní Mhuilneoir from An Siopa Leabhar is here to tell us all about the new and upcoming books as Gaeilge in 2020.
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120: #120 | Raft of the Medusa: The Pogues and London Irish Identities
In a way, a band like the Pogues had to form in London rather than on the island of Ireland itself, where they would’ve been primarily associated with their town or ...
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