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# As Gaeilge

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March 2024
The Irish For: What was Ireland like the weekend before the 1916 Rising?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Dublin City Council to hold first ever meeting entirely in Irish, with live interpreting
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An Cailín Ciúin: 'It shows an Irish language film can speak to people - it seems foolish to think it couldn't'
The EU's top court has considered its first ever case in the Irish language. It's about labels on dog medicine
Extract: Manchán Magan on the the controversy around the Irish word leprechaun
Manchán Magan
'Go raibh maith agat': New Alliance MP makes first remarks to the House of Commons in Irish
The Irish For: Cabbage in bed and fruit in a sock - a few lost rituals to help find a suitor
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: How a fada can make all the difference
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: Are Irish names really that difficult to pronounce?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: Cockwombles and the decline of British insults
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: A Bloomsday Breakfast with extra Subh Milis on Father’s Day 2019
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: Is Ireland more progressive now because we didn’t have baby boomers?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: Don’t Be Such A Gorilla-Whale-Daughter-In-Law
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: Let's settle the 'crack' versus 'craic' debate by looking at the evidence
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: Hiberno English is a feature not a bug
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: Did the Irish language influence the names of Gollum and the orcs in the Lord of the Rings?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: How Beyoncé is helping to get fadas in formation
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: Why do we remember things from TV and what does that mean for learning languages?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: We are sometimes called Gaeilge Nazis which feels like a bit of a curse
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: In 1990 Germany got Athaontú (reunification) and Milli Vanilli were exposed for lip-syncing
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: The Irish language version of Wikipedia is going strong
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: The word Tory comes from the Irish word tóraí meaning a bandit or outlaw
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Opinion: What does it take to raise your children through Irish?
Caoimhín De Barra
The Irish For: Some older words don't exist in English - clochscríbhinn means an inscription on stone
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: While Europe was stuck in the Dark Ages - Ireland's Brehon laws were relatively enlightened
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: What does old Irish tell us about life in ancient Ireland?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: Gender, LGBT and transitioning
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: How many colours can you remember?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: Brexit and the rise of Hiberno-English
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: Forget the January blues - let's talk about birds
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For... All the most important Christmas words (including Fairytale of New York as Gaeilge)
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: The word deatach, meaning smoke, also refers to the family huddled together around the fire
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: All the characters you know - good, bad or total craic vortex
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For: As the nights are closing in - curl up by the fire and learn some winter words
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For...The role of dogs in legends, proverbs and the Brehon laws
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For... Seal snot: The literal translations of sea creatures are brilliant
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Irish For... Why do feelings run so high around the letter V?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
23 ways to say 'potato' as Gaeilge
Snapchat have introduced these deadly Irish language filters for every county in Ireland
7 dangerously similar sounding words as Gaeilge