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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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#148 | Inglorious Blaskets: Peig vs The Peig Myth

Darach Ó Séaghdha Oct 16, 2020 0

Peig Sayers (1873 - 1958) is one of the most remarkable figures in twentieth century Ireland. Her journey to publication is a story of beating the odds. An outsider from the Dublin literary scene by geography, language, gender, education…

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(Almost) Nothing Rhymes with Month

Darach Ó Séaghdha Oct 9, 2020 1

Ever notice how Halloween is a month long nowadays? Darach and Peadar discuss the Irish names for months of the year and days of the week, as well as Halloween songs, whether we should rename January, working in a chocolate shop and the…

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#146 | A Fine Bed-Mate: The Story of “Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire”

Darach Ó Séaghdha Oct 2, 2020 0

It’s not often that an eighteenth century poem finds itself in the news, but thanks to the rave reviews and public demand for Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s “A Ghost In The Throat”, this is the situation we are now in. Ní Ghríofa’s work is a memoir…

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#145 | OMG is Dia Dhuit Religious?

Darach Ó Séaghdha Sep 25, 2020 0

Every human society has a tradition of bereavement and a tradition of language which, while technically bespoke to its particular needs, changes at a different speed to that society. So it goes with mourning as an immigrant or minority and…

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#144 | Three Whales and the Universe: Motherfoclóir Meets Manchán Magan

Darach Ó Séaghdha Sep 18, 2020 0

In this week’s episode, Peadar and Darach are visited by Manchán Magan, the creator of the Gaeilge Tamagotchi project, Gaeilge Amháin and author of “Thirty Two Words For Field”, his new book about the Irish language and the ecological and…

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#143 | Emma De Souza and the Good Friday Agreement

Darach Ó Séaghdha Sep 12, 2020 0

Emma De Souza joins Darach and Gearóidín to talk about a battle for the integrity of the Good Friday Agreement. Once upon a time there was a young woman from Derry called Emma who loved dogs, baking and movies. She didn’t think about…

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#142 | [untitled game episode] with Úna-Minh Kavanagh & Sarah Griffin

Darach Ó Séaghdha Sep 4, 2020 0

Earlier this year when AOC guest starred in a Donkey Kong Twitch stream in which she declared trans rights to be human rights (while batting off criticism from greying 90s pop culture warhorses like Aaron Sorkin and Graham Linehan), it felt…

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#141 | I Know What You Did Last Hot Gael Summer

Darach Ó Séaghdha Aug 28, 2020 0

It's summer again. You know what that means. In this episode, Darach, Peadar and Gearóidín look at this year's hot takes about the Irish language Support Motherfocloir on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/darach Get Kirsten…

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#140 | Forty Shades of Green Beer: Evolving Perceptions of Irish America with Thom Dunn

Darach Ó Séaghdha Aug 21, 2020 0

What do you think of when you think of Irish America? Is it the Kennedy brothers playing touch football in perfectly tailored leisurewear on Cape Cod? Is it a line of construction workers having lunch on a suspended metal beam thirty…

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#139 | Westmoreland Who? Reappraising Dublin Street Names

Darach Ó Séaghdha Aug 14, 2020 0

If you stood on Henry Street with a big smile and asked a hundred Dubliners who it was named after, it’s unlikely you’d get a single correct answer. If you walked into a history tutorial in one of the city’s finest universities and asked…

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