Read by Margaret Kelleher.
Over the centuries, some beautiful and memorable names of flowers and plants have been recorded in Irish.
Spreading the Words is a series on the histories of Irish words from literature and everyday life written by Sharon Arbuthnot and Máire Ní Mhaonaigh and produced in association with the book A History of Ireland in 100 Words and the electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (www.dil.ie).
