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Behind the wall of grammar homework lies the amazing world of the Irish language, and Darach (that @theirishfor guy) wants to take you there.

With a crack team of the internet’s soundest Irish speakers, Darach will explore topics like differences between the Irish and English versions of the Constitution, silent letters, Gaeilge and technology, how new words get added to the dictionary and which old words have fallen out.

It’s an all slammer, no grammar half hour.

Entertainment the side project. Pints of Malt Fireside Taranoia Podcasts Phoning It In
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#7 | Pop-Up Gaeltacht

Darach Ó Séaghdha 0
Pop-Up Gaeltacht is PUG for short. The Irish for a pug is smutmhadra. The Irish for smut is salachar, which is an anagram of "ah rascal". Darach goes down a wormhole with Peadar Ó Caomhánaigh, one half of the duo behind Pop-Up…
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#6 | The Letter A

Darach Ó Séaghdha 0
The letter A (and her saucy sister, Á) are the subject of today's episode, a pronunciation masterclass with Darach, Peadar, Éimear and Ola . We'll be meeting cats, boats, cakes, bad weather, terrible puns and showing you where a fada makes…
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#3 | Surname/HerName

Darach Ó Séaghdha 2
Surnames, a relatively recent invention, are done differently from language to language. In Irish, conventions exist to include gender and marital status identifiers in female surnames, but choices are still available. Darach talks (but…
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#2 | Google Translate

Darach Ó Séaghdha 3
The computers are coming after our jobs – are translators next? It’s a piece of technology straight out of science fiction – a website tool that translates text between any two of a range of languages (many of them less widely spoken…
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#1 | The Letter V

Darach Ó Séaghdha 2
The People Vs. The Letter V The traditional Irish alphabet had 18 letters, but in the 20th century, there was a gradual thawing of attitudes to the other eight, such as V. However, a very vocal vanguard view V as a…