TheIrishFor

Non-fiction is a different beast to fiction, and in this episode Sam Blake chats to Darach Ó Séaghdha, the Irish writer, podcaster and Irish language activist. The author of Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language (Head of…

One of the most recent Irish words to enter common parlance is Aisling - a sensible girl from outside Dublin with an aversion to notions. While the origin of other words based on names are lost in the mists of time, we can trace this one to…

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…

The Irish for Passport is pas, which can also mean an episode in time or a fit (of rage or madness, for example). This week Darach is joined by journalist Naomi O'Leary, who has written extensively about EU matters and co-presents "The…

Motherfoclóir #4 | Brehon vs Bunreacht: Family Law The power of words touches all our lives, never more urgently than when those words form laws. In the first of an ongoing series, Darach talks to Eimear (Brehon Badass) and Gearóidín…

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…

Behind the wall of grammar homework lies the amazing world of the Irish language, and Darach (that @theirishfor guy) wants to take you there. https://audioboom.com/posts/6589587-motherfocloir-trailer With a crack team of the…