Motherfoclóir
Dispatches from a not so dead language. Hosted by Darach O'Séaghdha.
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89: #89 | The Sadbh Mind: Children’s Stories and Parental Guilt with Sadhbh Devlin
When it comes to food, television or books, there are no tougher critics than small children. They won’t spare your feelings the way adults have been trained to, but they are loyal to what they love. However, small children’s access to food an entertainme...
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88: #88 | Mailbag 4: Crouching Poet, Hidden Focphoc
It’s mailbag time again! Here at Motherfoclóir we love to receive your correspondence, suggestions, corrections and observations. Since we last opened the mailbag we...
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87: #87 | You Give Leanbh A Bad Name: Baby Names with Colm O'Regan
What's in a name?
For most of the world's population, Irish names are the only contact they have with Gaeilge, and this is where its reputation for beauty and ...
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86: #86 | Under The Spanish Arch – Español and Irlandes
Like an old friend you don't really want to see right now, summer has arrived in Ireland, and with it a smartly-turned out stampede of Spanish students. For decades,...
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85: #85 | The Dublin Mid West Wing: a Motherfoclóir Election Fairytale
Peadar Ó Caomhánaigh, the Johnny Giles of the Motherfoclóir High Table, put his money where his mouth was this year, deciding to stand for election. After a gruellin...
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84: #84 | Copper Face Paperbacks 2: An Siopa Leabhar revisited
Gráinne Ní Mhuilneoir is the new bainisteoir of An Siopa Leabhar on Harcourt Street, taking over from our good friend and occasional contributor Caitlín Nic Íomhar (...
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