Motherfoclóir
Dispatches from a not so dead language. Hosted by Darach O'Séaghdha.
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#24 | Mailbag (or should we say "Male Bag"?)
The beating heart of this podcast is its wonderful lucht leanúna - the loyal listeners. We're always keen to know how you think we're getting on, and in today's episode Darach, Éimear, Peadar and Gearóidín read out and discuss some of the correspondence w...
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23: #23 | Lenition Impossible – Séimhiú Nation
"Éist means listen, péist is a worm, éistphéist is an earworm".
Just like Alan Rickman's character in Die Hard, Darach rhapsodises over the benefits of a classica...
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22: #22 | Hey Girl, Are You An Irish Dictionary?
The Irish for a chat-up line is 'briathra meala'.
An innocent bystander might be forgiven for thinking that there are two Carl Kinsellas: one, the articulate and ...
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#21 | All About Ailbhe
“By fifth and sixth year, you’re dreaming in Irish”.
It’s a little Coláiste Íosagáin reunion on Motherfoclóir this week as Darach is outnumbered by two past pupil...
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#20 | Gettin’ Schooled
Although it is regularly cited as the reason some people dislike Irish, Peig has been off the school curriculum for so long that we have adult Irish speakers wanderi...
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#19 | Nollaig/Yule/Christmas Special
Nollaig shona to all our listeners! In today’s very special yuletide special, Gearóidín tells the gang about Christmas in Finland, Peadar gets excited about wrens, D...
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