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If I were a boy Even just for a day I’d roll outta bed in the morning And throw on what I wanted and go Beyoncé Knowles, If I Were A Boy, 2007 Welcome to our 50th episode of Motherfoclóir! If you're a regular listener you may…

"Peig passes the Bechdel Test". Sparklingly witty, unfailingly honest, sometimes misunderstood and with a grá for the Gaeilge, Tara Flynn and Peig Sayers are two women who have been unfairly criticised a lot in recent years. Although…

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 wandering the streets and hills who were born after its removal. One such adult is…

I’ve been speaking fluent English since I was a child. At age 4, like all children, I had a competent working vocabulary. I arrived at that level of proficiency without anyone teaching me. I learned an entire language without being taught…