Motherfoclóir
Dispatches from a not so dead language. Hosted by Darach O'Séaghdha.
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30: #30 | Copper Face Paperbacks – An Siopa Leabhar
It has been said that bookshops are the afterlife for good trees and the sound of turning pages is a kind of prayer to them.
Belfast bookworm Caitlín Nic Íomhair is the manager of An Siopa Leabhar on Harcourt Street, Dublin’s finest specialist Irish la...
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29: #29 | Catch 40.3.3
There's going to be a lot of talk about Bunreacht na hÉireann in the coming weeks, a document where the subtle differences between wording in English and in Irish ca...
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28: #28 | Leabhar Power: Dave Rudden
Ireland has been producing some remarkable YA fiction in recent years, much of which has addressed received notions of Irishness implicitly and explicitly. This is a...
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27: #27 | Just Say No
As languages don't match each other exactly, linguists and psychologists have debated if specific grammatical features shape the thought patterns of separate languag...
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26: #26 | Getting A Word In
The Buddha teaches that "when words are true and kind, they can change our world". Today's special guest, Sineád Burke, exemplified this spirit when she decided to g...
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25: #25 | Searc Week
"An sgéal fada ní hé is fearr" - the longest tale is not the best.
As Valentine's Day approaches, the Motherfoclóir gang turn their thoughts to the wealth of love...
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