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Darach Ó Séaghdha runs popular twitter account @theirishfor and is the author of "Motherfoclóir: Dispatches From A Not-So Dead Language", which is published by Head of Zeus on the 7th of September.

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#168 | Last Train To Eel Town: Thoughts On Baile In Irish Placenames

Darach Ó Séaghdha Mar 12, 2021 0
Whether it's Flann O'Brien, the Book of Kells, Dindsenchas or An tOileánach, the Irish literary and literary historical traditions respect the idea of the digression - the idea that knowledge information, truth itself does not respect…
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#167 | A Fiadh By Any Other Name: The 2020 Baby Names

Darach Ó Séaghdha Mar 5, 2021 0
At the end of February, the CSO released the 2020 baby name statistics and after a long run, Emily is no longer the top girl name in Ireland. How should we interpret this? What does it mean for existing Emilys, especially the ones who…
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#166 | Turscar-red For Life: Spam In Irish

Darach Ó Séaghdha Feb 26, 2021 0
Greetings agus Salutations, I am Motherfoclóir, prince of words, Irish, Irish words and words from Ireland. I have a very special request to make of you. If you listen to this podchraoladh about spam as Gaeilge, I will send twenty…
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#165 | To Claim The Emerald

Darach Ó Séaghdha Feb 19, 2021 0
In Thin Lizzy's tune Emerald, Phil Lynott tells a tale of marching men who wish to overthrow overlords, fighting a fight they believe to be right. But they bring horrible destruction in their pursuit of this goal - children never playing…
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#164 | May The Forts Be With You – Sinéad Mercier on Ringforts & Fairy Forts

Darach Ó Séaghdha Feb 12, 2021 0
We've spoken about fairy forts before. However, in the context of our recent discussion of placenames and bearing in mind the widespread incidences of Ráth and Lios in towns across Ireland, we decided to bring an expert in. Sinéad…
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#163 | An Ace Up Your Sliabh: Recurring Styles in Placenames Pt. 3

Darach Ó Séaghdha Feb 5, 2021 0
Could the word slíbhín - a sly, sneaky so-and-so - possibly come from the word sliabh, meaning a mountain? Are mountain folk really that cunning, or do the people from counties with many a sliabh (counties where more Irish was…
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#162 | Inis or Oileán? Recurring Styles in Placenames Pt. 2

Darach Ó Séaghdha Jan 29, 2021 0
When is an island an Inis and when is it an Oileán? In the second of our look at recurring words in Irish placenames, Darach, Gearóidín and Peadar consider islands. Why do some inland locations have island-based names? Why are there…
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#161 | Cill or Coill? Recurring Styles in Placenames Pt. 1

Darach Ó Séaghdha Jan 22, 2021 0
A lot of placenames in Ireland begin with Kil-. Sometimes this is a reference to a church, sometimes it refers to a woodland. Sometimes both. What's going on? Did the early Christians steal holy sites from the pagan druids or something?…
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#160 | Cliquebait: Gaeilge & Internet Subcultures

Darach Ó Séaghdha Jan 15, 2021 0
2021 has gotten off to a fairly spicy start and yet again the spotlight has been shone on online communities in light of events in America But what makes one community a supportive safe space but another a radicalising echo chamber?…
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#159 | Swear It All Over Again: Megan Figueroa & the Politics of Expletives

Darach Ó Séaghdha Jan 8, 2021 0
You may have see promos for Nicholas Cage's new show on Netflix all about swear words. Well, we had the idea first. While Darach was slaving over Christmas dinner, Peadar and Gearóidín sat down with Dr. Megan Figueroa from the Vocal Fries…
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