Motherfoclóir
Dispatches from a not so dead language. Hosted by Darach O'Séaghdha.
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95: #95 | Highway To Helsinki: Finland, Swedish and Ireland
The Swedish language represents a kind of "what might have been" for Irish speakers - although there were less Swedish speakers than Irish in the world at the beginning of the 19th century, Swedish is the language of choice for millions of people who also...
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94: #94 | Follow This User: Myra Zepf and “Nóinín”
Some of the most powerful books for and about teenagers take the form of a diary: Adrian Mole, I Capture The Castle, Go Ask Alice and even The Color Purple (although...
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93: #93 | Insta-grammar: The Wonderful World of @muinteoirmeg
We’re nearly at the end of this strange and dark decade and it’s hard to know what to make of it at this stage. So much has happened since New Year’s Eve 2009 that c...
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92: #92 | An Astral Week: Seven Days That Shook The North (with Claire Mitchell)
"For me, the Irish language was like a ghost limb".
The days leading up to the 12th of July are often tense and dramatic ones in the North of Ireland, but neve...
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91: #91 | Go Rabbi Maith Agat: Cecelia Beyer’s Irish Journey
Some people out there wouldn’t see a rabbinical calling and a love of Irish dancing and sean-nós singing as a likely pairing. Those people have not met Darach’s gues...
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90: #90 | Wingardium LeviÓSéaghdha – Translating Harry Potter into Irish
Gearóidín is a Gryffindor. Peadar is a Hufflepuff. Darach, however, is a muggle who has not read the books, only seen a few of the films and has not yet tuned into t...
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