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Dulra (Nature)

Learn about the word dulra or ‘nature’ and its etymology steeped in Iris ...

Clábar (Mud)

Irish clábar lies behind Hiberno-English clabber and clauber , but for ...

Gé (Goose)

The sure signs of winter included the sound of a barnacle goose.

Hold to the Now

A short film for Bloomsday with contributions from Cairo to Kyiv and Berlin ...

Blas ar an mBeagán: An Foirgneamh Nua

Cloisfear scéalta osréalacha ón leabhar Féach Gach Treo á léamh ag an údar ...

Opening Ulysses

A playful, virtuosic reimagining of Ulysses' opening line.

Lus An Chromchinn (Daffodil)

Over the centuries, some beautiful and memorable names of flowers and plant ...

Gaoth (Wind)

From 'the Night of the Big Wind' to Flann O’Brien’s description o ...

Leabharlann (Library)

Hear about how books were stored in medieval Irish libraries and about how ...

Amadán (Fool)

Unravelling the sinister history of amadán, the Modern Irish word for ‘fool ...

Craobh (Branch)

Find out why Douglas Hyde published verse under the pseudonym An Craoibhín ...

Crith Talún (Earthquake)

Medieval Irish chronicles and stories sometimes mention ‘the movement of th ...

Cuing (Yoke)

The Irish are fond of referring to an ‘ould yoke’, but how were words for ‘ ...

Cró (Enclosure)

From cró madra ‘a dog kennel’ to cró snáthaide ‘the eye of a needle’, this ...

Nollaig (Christmas)

Thoughts about recent Christmas lights and the long, dark winters of Christ ...

Gorm (Blue)

Read by Deirdre Lewis. How colour is described is determined by cultur ...

Teaghlach (Household)

In medieval Ireland, the hearth was at the centre of the house, but what ki ...

Ulcha (Beard)

Beards are status symbols in the world of early Irish literature. Such is t ...

Dinnsheanchas (A Literature of Place)

Real space without and imaginative space within: how the poetry of Nuala Ní ...

Gloss/Clós/Glas

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin’s poem Gloss/Clós/Glas explores the sound and meanin ...
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