Motherfoclóir
Dispatches from a not so dead language. Hosted by Darach O'Séaghdha.
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101: #101 | Compulsory Elvish: the Irish Language, Fantasy and Roleplaying Games
“Only a game designed by nerds would have charisma as a fantasy power”
Gravity Falls
A few weeks ago, Orla Ní Dhúill wrote a blogpost that got tongues wagging across the internet. The issue she wanted to address was the phenomenon of the Irish langu...
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100: #100 | Mailbag 5: One Hundred Nights in Motherfoclóir
It is our hundredth episode! We are delighted to still be here and even more thrilled that you, are listeners, are still here. To mark this august occasion, Darach, ...
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99: #99 | Mom Genes: Hiberno-English vs. Global Pop Culture English
When German-Morroccan DJ Mousse T recorded the song “Horny” in 1998, he surely had no idea that he was creating a Pompeii-like cultural artefact, one that preserved ...
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98: #98 | Craictivism: Motherfoclóir Meets Lisa Nic An Bhreithimh
As the 2010s draw to a close, we’ll be looking back at one of the most significant decades in the Irish history since the Civil War. It is a decade that began and en...
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97: #97 | Sin é, Achebe: Translating the Great Nigerian Novel into Irish
The Irish for a Prime Minister is Príomh-Aire; Taoiseach is specifically the title of the Prime Minister of Ireland and it comes from the old word for a tribal chief...
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96: #96 | Hot Gael Summer: Clichés in Opinion Pieces About Irish
The concept of the “silly season” is arguably a dated one in the era of 24 hour news and social media; it dates back to a time when daily newspapers had to fill gaps...
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