Motherfoclóir

Introducing | Gaylinn

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Gaylinn dives into the weird, wonderful, and messy sides of life from sports to dating in Dublin all with humor, hot takes, and plenty of Irish langua...

Introducing | The Greatest Matter

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An audiodrama for fans of Motherfoclóir! The Greatest Matter is a new gothic crime tale set in Victorian Dublin, about a criminologist who arrives in...

Mother Tongues and Other Tongues: Behan, Doyle and Rooney in Translation

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're back! Well, sort of. In March 2024 Darach, Gearóidín and Peadar were reunited for a live Seachtain na Gaeilge event in Clondalkin Library (a h...

Back From The Dead: Translating Transylvania

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With thanks to the Bram Stoker Festival, the Motherfoclóir Podcast was resurrected for one afternoon in October 2022 to discuss the translation of Dr...

Introducing | Words To That Effect

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Motherfocloir is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network and there are lots of other shows on the network we think you might like. Words To That Effect ...

186: #186 | Last Orders - The Residents' Bar

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you for your support over the last four years.  Thank you for inviting us into your headphones and into your head. We hope you enjoyed it as ...

BONUS | Amy Louise O'Callaghan and the Irish Arts Center NYC

28 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you follow Darach's Word of the Week project with the Irish Arts Center in New York, you'll have seen the artwork of Amy Louise O'Callaghan - @amyl...

185: #185 | Last Orders - The Grass Beard: Finn Longman and Queer Readings of An Táin

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the final episode of Motherfoclóir, live on Zoom tonight: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55377967 --- Every artistic/visual representati...

184: #184 | Last Orders - Motherfoclóir Meets Blindboy

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The re-release of Professor Terence Dolan's Dictionary of Hiberno-English didn't happen by accident, but was nudged into existence by a writer who als...

183: #183 | Last Orders - 32 Shades of Salach: Romance Novels with Róisín McNally

12 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In terms of literary prestige, romance novels don't get no respect, ranking lower than sports biographies and screenplay novelisations on the scale of...

182: #182 | Last Orders - Seven Deadly Letters - J, K, Q, W, X, Y, Z

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Four years ago we started this podcast off with a discussion of the letter V. There’s been much water under the bridge since then and while we alway...

181: #181 | Last Orders - Parenting Is An Irregular Verb - Séamas Ó Reilly

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everybody is talking about Twitter sensation Séamas Ó Reilly and his hilarious yet moving memoir "Did You Hear Mammy Died?" And rightly so - it's ...

180: #180 | Last Orders - Diabhal Scéal

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When we say that a child is full of divilment, are we saying that they are possessed by Satan? No, we are not.  In today's episode, Darach, Gearói...

179: #179 | Last Orders - Créatúrs, Sliabhíns & Digressions

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well, it couldn't last forever; Motherfoclóir will be ending forever before this autumn. Before we go on our separate ways, we'd like to bring you so...

Teaser | Darach Meets ... The Europeans!

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Darach chats to Katy and Dominic, the hosts of popular podcast "The Europeans". To hear the full episode and much more visit  https://www.patreon.co...

178: #178 | Fatal Deviation

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Darach is joined by Mira Adama (@LostWolfling), along with a cast of other contributors, to discuss a cult classic of Irish cinema. Watch Fatal Devia...

177: #177 | Let’s Start With Komets-Alef: Learning About Yiddish With Meena & Arun Viswanath

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, Yiddish became the fortieth language to join Duolingo, an achievement that followed hot on the heels of Harry Potter being translated into Y...

176: #176 | BONUS: Irish Sign Language with Caroline McGrotty

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsORJSesv48 In 2017, Irish Sign Language (ISL) was officially given legal recognition in Ireland....

175: #175 | Up The Lagan In A Bubble: Line of Duty and the Irish Cop Trope

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the Wee Donkey. Everyone is hooked on “Line of Duty” at the moment, the latest reinvention of the cop show genre - an...

174: #174: Ceci N'est Pas Une Gickna - Louise Selkies Ní Chuilinn

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When he’s not beavering away at this very podcast, Darach does a bit of work with the Irish Arts Center in New York as part of their word of the wee...

173: #173 | The Bramble: Oein De Bhairduin

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a song in the Mincéir tradition (made famous among settled audiences by Luke Kelly) called the 40 Foot Trailer which ends with the line “...

172: #172 | By The Banks of My Own Orinoco: The Wonderful World of @EnyaComments

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of the finest new accounts to join Twitter during the pandemic has been @EnyaComments, a deceptively simple twitter handle that shares comments wr...

171: #171 | Please, Mr Postman - Colm McEvoy on An Post & Eircodes

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Every few weeks, a story goes viral in Ireland: a letter, addressed to someone like "that lady with the yellow baseball cap who owns a cat the size of...

170: #170 | Well, Well, Well: Vampires, Evil Fish and Holy Wells

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Are things holy because we need them or do we need them because they're holy? This is something that we consider on this week's episode when holy well...

169: #169 | The Subh Milis Not Taken - What Is The Best Loved Poem In Irish?

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Back in 2015, the Paris Review ran an article on Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken” and concluded that it is - by some distance - the bes...

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

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Whether it's Flann O'Brien, the Book of Kells, Dindsenchas or An tOileánach, the Irish literary and literary historical traditions respect the idea o...

167: #167 | A Fiadh By Any Other Name: The 2020 Baby Names

05 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 shou...

166: #166 | Turscar-red For Life: Spam In Irish

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

165: #165 | To Claim The Emerald

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

164: #164 | May The Forts Be With You - Sinéad Mercier on Ringforts & Fairy Forts

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

163: #163 | An Ace Up Your Sliabh: Recurring Styles in Placenames Pt. 3

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

162: #162 | Inis or Oileán? Recurring Styles in Placenames Pt. 2

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 Peada...

161: #161 | Cill or Coill? Recurring Styles in Placenames Pt. 1

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 g...

160: #160 | Cliquebait: Gaeilge & Internet Subcultures

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ma...

159: #159 | Swear It All Over Again: Megan Figueroa & the Politics of Expletives

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 Chri...

The Angels' Share (Teaser)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As we take a break for Christmas and New Year, please enjoy this bonus clip from our recent Patreon discussion on all things Irish whiskey. For the fu...

158: #158 | 2020 Hindsight: MoFo Seasonal End Of Year Review

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

And so this is Christmas, and what have you done? Not much if you've been in lockdown, lad! Go easy on yourself and remember that getting this far has...

157: #157 | Focal Point : Ireland's Word of the Year 2020

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As December staggers towards the manhole of time and we all wait for it to fall in, a lot of linguistically minded people around the world consider wh...

156: #156 | Passing Irish: Performed Identity Through Language

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Multinational companies like to appear somewhat local in each of the countries they are present in. This can take many forms, especially in the advert...

155: #155 | Ochtó Bliain Ag Fás: Tomás Kenny & Kenny's Bookshop

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bookshops and their proprietors thrive on browsers, on  customers asking for recommendations,on  book launches and on all the little interactions wh...

154: #154 | A Great Bunch Of Lads? Info-tainment and the Great Man Theory of History

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Irish for chess is ficheall (wood wisdom).  A gambit is fiontar….  Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, or so they...

153: #153 | Ghosts and Dark Flames: Doireann Ní Ghríofa

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

She's the woman of the moment: after a sequence of acclaimed and award-winning poetry collections in both Irish and English, Clare poet Doireann Ní G...

152: #152 | Meet-Cutes and Cute Hoors - Ireland and the Hollywood Rom-Com

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The romantic comedy, as we understand it, is a Hollywood form as specifically American as the Western, especially in how it shapes and exports America...

151: #151 | After The Silent Letters: Louise O’Neill

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Louise O’Neill, Clonakilty’s literary superstar, has never been content to limit her phenomenal writing skills to a single genre. Her latest work,...

150: #150 | Hallowe’en Special 2020 - Is Maith Sin, Pumpkin

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s that time of the year again when Darach, Gearóidín and Peadar turn out the lights, hold torches under their chins and tell spooky stories fro...

149: #149 | Dolphin De Siècle

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you’re destined for. But don’t hurry the journey at all. Better if it lasts for years, so ...

148: #148 | Inglorious Blaskets: Peig vs The Peig Myth

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 odd...

147: #147 | (Almost) Nothing Rhymes with Month

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

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

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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’...

145: #145 | OMG is Dia Dhuit Religious?

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Every human society has a tradition of bereavement and a tradition of language which, while technically bespoke to its particular needs, changes at a ...

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

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, Peadar and Darach are visited by Manchán Magan, the creator of the Gaeilge Tamagotchi project, Gaeilge Amháin and author o...

143: #143 | Emma De Souza and the Good Friday Agreement

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Once upon a time there was a young woman from Derry called Emma who loved dogs, baking and movies. She didn’t think about politics very often. Then ...

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

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 criti...

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

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 languag...

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

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Darach chats with musician and writer Thom Dunn about how perceptions of Irish America have evolved rapidly in his and his father’s lifetimes, and w...

139: #139 | Westmoreland Who? Reappraising Dublin Street Names

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 answe...

138: #138 | UK OK Hun? With Medb Mac Daibhead

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On the week that saw the world said goodbye to civil rights hero John Hume, today’s guest and topic feel especially apt. Maev McDaid is a Derry woma...

137: #137 | Fadúda Fadilah - Proper and Improper Multilingualism with Fadilah Salawu

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eid al-Adha shona daoibh! Why are some bilingual teenagers seen as a triumph of aspirational middle-class parenting, but others are treated as a pro...

136: #136 | The Taylor & Clancy: yarn yarns

24 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Taylor Swift broke the Irish Internet today when she wore a geansaí. It launched a thousand versions of the same joke - she looked a bit like one of ...

135: #135 | Secrets of the Dandelion: the Scots-Gaelic Poetry of Niall O’Gallagher

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Back in episode #74, Darach and Clodagh discussed Scots Gaelic in general and a book of transgressive verse called “An Leabhar Liath” in particula...

134: #134 | Quarantine Sessions 12: Sin É An Tae (with Laura Gaynor)

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tea. It’s a national obsession - just ask Irish emigrants to America about the first time they tred to get their hands on a kettle. While the infusi...

133: #133 | Quarantine Sessions 11: It’s ALIIIVE! Creating Vicipéid (with Gabriel Beecham)

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Back in 2003, a schoolboy sitting at his home computer was messing around on the internet and, without fully realising it, opened a window for the Iri...

132: #132 | Quarantine Sessions 10: Dustin’s Fifth Decade

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been another normal and sane week on the internet. It feels like only yesterday that we were chuckling about the Kardashians asking what the De...

131: #131 | Quarantine Sessions 9: Bród 2020 with Eve Belle

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

One of the participants in “Women in Harmony”, a charity single for Safe Ireland (which tackles domestic abuse) is Eve Belle, a singer songwriter ...

130: #130 | Quarantine Sessions 8: Plastic Fantastic! 2nd+ Generation Irish Identities in the UK with Niamh Lear

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us have a very clear idea of what an Irish American is and have an overview of the community's journey from the Famine to the White House. The...

129: #129 | Quarantine Sessions 7: Úna vs. The Kingdom of Belgium

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Meet John Hyland, an Irish NGO worker whose career took him to Brussels where he fell in love with a French woman. A perfect European love story which...

128: #128 | Quarantine Sessions 6: Ollscoil nó Ól-scoil? The Irish Campus Novel

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week saw the final episode of Normal People, the hit TV show based on Sally Rooney’s novel set in Trinity College. Rooney’s book is just the ...

127: #127 | Quarantine Sessions 5: Manic Culchie Meme Girl

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Friend of the pod Póilín Ní Géidigh (@poilination) is back on the show! Since she last joined us (in one of 2019’s most popular episodes of the ...

126: #126 | Quarantine Sessions 4: At Swim Two Tongues

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Irish for bilingual is dátheangach, which literally means two tongued. When Clodagh McGinley isn’t contributing to this podcast, sneaking off t...

125: #125 | Quarantine Sessions 3: Amhrán na Fíon (with Shamim De Brún)

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ireland’s relationship with wine is unusual - we drink a lot of it but we do not produce it ourselves, and historically we fall between the stools o...

124: #124 | Quarantine Sessions 2: London Calling (with Ciara McShane)

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the past decade, certain subcultures have been identified in social media. Fiat 500 Twitter, FBPE and Scottish Twitter have all been documented to ...

123: #123 | Quarantine Sessions 1: Tír na nÓg

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We had some very fine plans for Season 3, but, like the best laid schemes of mice and men, they have “gang aft agley” (been ruined) by external ev...

BONUS | Behind The Bestseller - Sam Blake Talks To Darach Ó Séaghdha

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To keep you all going during these strange times, here is Motherfoclóir's own Darach Ó Séaghdha in conversation with Sam Blake on another HeadStuff...

122: #122 | The Skellig List: Irish Storytelling from Mythology to TikTok with Róisín McNally

07 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Basic Structure of an Irish Fairytale:  Don’t do the thing Does the thing Death”     Do you understand what mythology is, and its ro...

121: #121 | Book ‘em, Gráinne: 2020 at An Siopa Leabhar

31 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a new year and Gráinne Ní Mhuilneoir from An Siopa Leabhar is here to tell us all about the new and upcoming books as Gaeilge in 2020.  ==...

120: #120 | Raft of the Medusa: The Pogues and London Irish Identities

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In a way, a band like the Pogues had to form in London rather than on the island of Ireland itself, where they would’ve been primarily associated wi...

119: #119 | Coinín Snámh: Síomha Ní Ruairc Is Keepin’ It Réalt

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Talent. Does it actually exist, or is it just an invention that takes credit for the cruel mix of hard work and good luck (or good work and hard luck)...

118: #118 | Thirty-Two Carat Gaeilge - Costing and Valuing a Language

10 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it. That’s a quote attributed to the Roman senator Publius Syrus, who also said that a good repu...

117: #117 | The Blue, Blue Grass of Home: Irish in Appalachia with Rebecca Wells

03 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When we in Ireland think of Irish-America, our minds tend to rush towards rivers died green, New York cops and maybe even a Massachusetts political dy...

116: #116 | Don't F*** With Fairy Forts

27 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Listen. Sure lookit. Na Daoine Uaisle. The fairy folk.. We wouldn't want to be bothering them. In this week's episode, Gearóidín, Peadar and D...

115: #115 | Nollag-atomi Tower: Motherfoclóir’s Third Christmas Episode

20 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What a year. What a week. What a decade! It’s Christmastime again and Darach, Peadar and Gearóidín have met up to reflect on the passing of time. ...

114: #114 | The Jesuits Have It All Sewn Up: Dinneen’s Dictionary

13 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If this episode of Motherfoclóir is exactly as long as your psychotherapy session, maybe that’s not a coincidence. Poor old Podcast Dad Darach is o...

113: #113 | Word Up: A History of Ireland in 100 Words with Dr. Sharon Arbuthnot

06 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After five years of preparation and development, the RIA have released “A History of Ireland in 100 Words” in 2019. The book looks at the stories ...

112: #112 | All Eyez On Me-nooth: Dafe Orugbo from Tebi Rex

29 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Maynooth holds a special place in the heart of this show. Two of the core crew - Éimear and Peadar - are Maynooth graduates, and our most popular epi...

111: #111 | Motherfoclóir Beo: Our Netmovies Elevator Pitches

22 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Dublin Podcast Festival time again! This year the Motherfoclóir gang appeared as part of a double bill with The Irish Passport at The Button...

110: #110 | She Who Reads, Leads: Lisa Coen, Tramp Press & A Solar Decade in Irish Literature

15 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The 2010s will go down as an extremely significant decade in Irish literature in both of our official languages. The bailout and its aftermath affecte...

109: #109 | No Faloorum: Merriman’s Cúirt An Mheán Oíche

08 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most talked about, well loved and critically acclaimed TV shows of the past  year has been the second season of Fleabag, with Phoebe Walle...

108: #108 | Samhain Special! Áras an Spook-taráin

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to our annual spooky Samhain episode! Darach is joined by Peadar and Gearóidín to share their best Irish haunted house stories. Hear all abo...

107: #107 | Fomhar Bonus Episode: Clodagh Hates Autumn

29 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It is a lovely morning in the village, and you are a horrible season. That's the view of Motherfoclóir's Clodagh McGinley, who is unimpressed by the ...

106: #106 | Hector

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week Darach, Ola and Peadar are joined by bilingual broadcasting superstar Hector Ó hEochagáin. Since his breakout success with the Amú series...

105: #105 | Stepping On A Craic: Donald Clarke & The Word That Announced Modern Ireland

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Every few months on the Irish side of the internet, a certain debate pops up about the spelling of a word. The word refers to convivial merriment, esp...

104: #104 | Banríon Ealaíne: Kirsten Shiel Speaks

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The changes in Irish self-identity in the 2010s hinge on the rise of social media, especially how those networks completely altered the way two perenn...

103: #103 | Highway to Helvetica: Clare O’Dea and the Irish-Swiss Connection

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Switzerland is one of those countries that doesn’t pop up in the news very often but appears to be ticking along nicely. In this regard it is not un...

102: #102 | Whatever Happened to Bean Pháidín? - Irish Lyrics in Translation

27 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a tale as old as time - boy meets girl, boy is married, girl wants to break boy’s wife’s legs. Or maybe it’s the simple story of a girl i...

101: #101 | Compulsory Elvish: the Irish Language, Fantasy and Roleplaying Games

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“Only a game designed by nerds would have charisma as a fantasy power” Gravity Falls A few weeks ago, Orla Ní Dhúill wrote a blogpost that got...

100: #100 | Mailbag 5: One Hundred Nights in Motherfoclóir

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It is our hundredth episode! We are delighted to still be here and even more thrilled that you, are listeners, are still here. To mark this august occ...

99: #99 | Mom Genes: Hiberno-English vs. Global Pop Culture English

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When German-Morroccan DJ Mousse T recorded the song “Horny” in 1998, he surely had no idea that he was creating a Pompeii-like cultural artefact, ...

98: #98 | Craictivism: Motherfoclóir Meets Lisa Nic An Bhreithimh

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As the 2010s draw to a close, we’ll be looking back at one of the most significant decades in the Irish history since the Civil War. It is a decade ...

97: #97 | Sin é, Achebe: Translating the Great Nigerian Novel into Irish

23 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Irish for a Prime Minister is Príomh-Aire; Taoiseach is specifically the title of the Prime Minister of Ireland and it comes from the old word fo...

96: #96 | Hot Gael Summer: Clichés in Opinion Pieces About Irish

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The concept of the “silly season” is arguably a dated one in the era of 24 hour news and social media; it dates back to a time when daily newspape...