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Coll (Hazel tree)

Spreading the Words

Hazel trees have greatly benefited the people of Ireland since medieval times; hazel nuts have served as tasty, nutritional snacks and hazel rods have been used to construct houses and fences.

Podcast Nature History Gaeilge

Damhán alla (Spider)

Spreading the Words

The Irish term for a spider has long been a source of puzzlement.

Podcast Language History Gaeilge

Cleas (Trick or Feat)

Spreading the Words

The early Irish hero Cú Chulainn was accomplished in an array of feats including the all-encompassing ‘body-feat’.

Podcast Language History Gaeilge

Tarbh (Bull)

Spreading the Words

In early Ireland, many activities were not permitted on a Sunday; but you could still bring a bull to a cow.

Podcast Language History Gaeilge

Bog (Soft)

Spreading the Words

Some shared insights into the relationship between the Irish adjective bog ‘soft’ and the English noun meaning ‘bogland’.

Podcast Language History Gaeilge

Duileasg (Dulse)

Spreading the Words

In his poetry, Seamus Heaney referred often to ‘dulse’, but how does this edible seaweed feature in medieval Irish law, literature and medicine?

Podcast Gaeilge Language History

Snámh (Swimming)

Spreading the Words

Hear about traditions of wild swimming and the dangers of swimming on a full stomach.

Podcast Language History Gaeilge

Maighdean Mhara (Mermaid)

Spreading the Words

This episode explores the concept of fish-women and other sea-creatures mentioned in medieval Irish literature and historical records.

Podcast Language History Gaeilge

The Darwin Vampires

Irish Poetry Reading Archive

Patrick Chapman's alternative take on the classic vampire legend.

Reading Poetry Supernatural Playful

The Light Fantastic

Irish Poetry Reading Archive

Kate Dempsey takes whimsical look at an everyday occurrence in rural Ireland.

Reading Poetry Nature Writing

'Women of the Atlantic Seaboard'

Irish Poetry Reading Archive

Breda Wall Ryan gives the 'everywoman' a backstory.

Reading Poetry Gaeilge Women

A Wet Summer's Evening

Irish Poetry Reading Archive

Joseph Woods evokes an all too familiar image, that of a rainy Irish summer.

Reading Poetry Nature Reading

Daniel's Duck

Irish Poetry Reading Archive

In Kerry Hardie's poem, an unfortunate duck provides a child's first encounter with death.

Reading Childhood Mortality Nature

Daughter

Irish Poetry Reading Archive

Mary O'Donnell looks at a mother's anticipation of her daughter's arrival.

Reading Women Families Poetry

Luna

Irish Poetry Reading Archive

Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe explores the associations between the female body and the moon.

Reading Poetry Women Nature

Dublin You Are

Irish Poetry Reading Archive

Stephen James Smith looks at how Dublin is a city made up of many different elements.

Reading Poetry Dublin Social Justice

'The Singer'

Irish Poetry Reading Archive

Medbh McGuckian looks at how being a poet requires making certain sacrifices.

Reading Poetry Writing Storytelling

The Lost Boys

Irish Poetry Reading Archive

Mary O'Malley's poem looks at how homelessness is an ever-present problem on the streets of Dublin.

Reading Poetry Working Class Poverty

Observance

Irish Poetry Reading Archive

Anne Casey examines how relationship with those that have passed can inform our experience of the present.

Reading Mortality Love Families

A New Day Will Be

Bloomsday Films

Using Joyce’s timeless words to create a very contemporary take on Ulysses.

Video International Hope