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Smithereens of the Irish language, curated for your pleasure by Darach.

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Thanks to @thejournal.bsky.social for letting me write this piece about all the little things that seemed so important right before Ireland was changed, changed utterly... The Irish For: What was Ireland like the weekend before the 1916 Rising? jrnl.ie/6340080

The Irish For: What was Ireland like the weekend before the 1916 Rising?jrnl.ie Darach Ó Séaghdha looks at what was in the news and in the ether in Irish society at the time of The Rising.

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Jewish-Irish solidarity is the only thing that will get us through. This is the anthem

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Thanks to @thejournal.bsky.social for letting me write about how there's a hill on the planet Venus named after Brigit. Well, sort of. Read all about it: jrnl.ie/6285792

The Irish For: Is Brigid the only saint in space?jrnl.ie Darach Ó Séaghdha looks at the background to Brigid’s name and how she ended up as a name in space.

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Love this! Available from Puca Printhouse www.etsy.com/shop/pucapri...

Monsters of Ireland.

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Just fooling around @theirishfor.bsky.social #Dinneen

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Flann O'Brien notes that the word 'gnéas' [sex/sexual intercourse] is missing from dictionaries as Gaeilge - 'Can it be that the idea is .... neamh-Ghaedhealach, un-Irish?' @theirishfor.bsky.social @flannobriensoc.bsky.social

The Irish for November is Samhain.

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Monsters of Ireland.

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Recently I've been making my way through the back catalogue of Motherfoclóir and listened to the audiobook of Dracula so this was a lovely confluence of the two things.

Last year the Bram Stoker Festival invited me to bring the Motherfoclóir Podcast back from the dead for one afternoon to talk about the Irish translation of Dracula. It was a great session and I'm delighted to share the recording with ye now: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM...

Motherfoclóir - Back From The Dead: Translating Transylvaniapodcasts.google.com With thanks to the Bram Stoker Festival, the Motherfoclóir Podcast was resurrected for one afternoon in October 2022 to discuss the translation of Dracula into Irish by Seán Ó Cuirreáin. In this r...

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Quickest I've ever hit play on a button. I was pretty heartbroken to have missed the live event but I'm glad to get to hear it now

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This was a really fun episode to record!

Last year the Bram Stoker Festival invited me to bring the Motherfoclóir Podcast back from the dead for one afternoon to talk about the Irish translation of Dracula. It was a great session and I'm delighted to share the recording with ye now: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM...

Motherfoclóir - Back From The Dead: Translating Transylvaniapodcasts.google.com With thanks to the Bram Stoker Festival, the Motherfoclóir Podcast was resurrected for one afternoon in October 2022 to discuss the translation of Dracula into Irish by Seán Ó Cuirreáin. In this r...

Last year the Bram Stoker Festival invited me to bring the Motherfoclóir Podcast back from the dead for one afternoon to talk about the Irish translation of Dracula. It was a great session and I'm delighted to share the recording with ye now: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM...

Motherfoclóir - Back From The Dead: Translating Transylvaniapodcasts.google.com With thanks to the Bram Stoker Festival, the Motherfoclóir Podcast was resurrected for one afternoon in October 2022 to discuss the translation of Dracula into Irish by Seán Ó Cuirreáin. In this r...

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Cic cuaifigh you say....

Recent updates to the téarma ponc ie database include cic cuaifigh - a roundhouse kick.

Recent updates to the téarma ponc ie database include cic cuaifigh - a roundhouse kick.

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The brilliant @louisekennedy.bsky.social (author of Trespasses) is now here...

How the LGBTQ+ community informed Irish language terminology www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Not to be confused with málá mór, which is what you use for cans with the lads 🍻

The Irish for a bedbug is míol leapa. Míol can mean a bug, louse, flea, mite... and a míol mór is a whale. 🐳

The Irish for a bedbug is míol leapa. Míol can mean a bug, louse, flea, mite... and a míol mór is a whale. 🐳

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Cosy weather calls for a very cosy read and Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fayne is Exactly that! You want mysterious family secrets unravelling from a bunch of letters found in a bog? Treat yourself x

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V-phobia is not solely a Scottish phenomenon.

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I suppose Scots Gaelic does often use the vocative as the name (Mhairi, “Hamish”) and the _gairmeach_ and _ginideach_ are often the same ...

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Around our lawn there is a the madra version.

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Oh Béitris is real cute

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Nuair is meisceoir meánaosta do mhac nuabheirthe

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hBhBhBhBhioctoriahhhhhhh

Possible cowboy name in Irish.

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I second this recommendation from this mysterious, handsome account.

Follow Friday had gotten very naff on the old website but here on bluesky it serves a useful purpose. I think many of you would enjoy following @irishnumberones.bsky.social.

Follow Friday had gotten very naff on the old website but here on bluesky it serves a useful purpose. I think many of you would enjoy following @irishnumberones.bsky.social.

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Traditional Irish air 'Cuaichín Ghleann Néifinn' was arranged by Jim Lockhart of Horslips to become the theme from Glenroe: cue Sunday night dread and frantic last-minute homework-doing www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yQE...

Glenroe'lleDwww.youtube.com Glenroe'lleD

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(O.Ir "fuindeóc" : O.N. vindauga with ending assimilated to that of diminutives in -óg: dil.ie/24845)