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Dúlra (The Elements, Nature)

Hear how the natural word is perceived by Irish writers in the past and pre ...

Clábar (Mud)

Irish clábar lies behind Hiberno-English clabber and ...

Gé (Goose)

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

Immram (Voyage)

The theme of immram, or voyage, is central to a number of poems by ...

'Women of the Atlantic Seaboard'

Breda Wall Ryan gives the 'everywoman' a backstory.

Na hAgallaimh Imram: Colin Ryan

Scríbhneoir ar leith é Colin Ryan atá lonnaithe in Melbourne agus an Ghaeil ...

Blas ar an mBeagán: Duinnín agus an Cat

Léifidh Biddy Jenkinson scéalta bleachtaireachta a bhainfidh leis an lorgai ...

Behind the Words

Máire Ní Mhaonaigh and Sharon Arbuthnot tell Professor Margaret Kelleher ab ...

Gaoth (Wind)

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

Lus An Chromchinn (Daffodil)

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

Grá (Love)

Read by Caroline Lennon. An insight into the eighteenth-century poem m ...

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 ...

Nollaig (Christmas)

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

Teaghlach (Household)

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

Cró (Enclosure)

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

Gorm (Blue)

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

Cuing (Yoke)

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

Gloss/Clós/Glas

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

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 ...

Fás aon oíche (Mushroom)

Ireland has a great biodiversity of fungi but how have the Irish referred t ...

Coll (Hazel tree)

Hazel trees have greatly benefited the people of Ireland since medieval tim ...

Damhán alla (Spider)

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

Tarbh (Bull)

In early Ireland, many activities were not permitted on a Sunday; but you c ...

Cleas (Trick or Feat)

The early Irish hero Cú Chulainn was accomplished in an array of feats incl ...

Duileasg (Dulse)

In his poetry, Seamus Heaney referred often to ‘dulse’, but how does this e ...

Bog (Soft)

Some shared insights into the relationship between the Irish adjective bog ...

Snámh (Swimming)

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

Smugairle Róin (Jellyfish)

A look into the history of the Irish phrase smugairle róin, which is widely ...

Maighdean Mhara (Mermaid)

This episode explores the concept of fish-women and other sea-creatures men ...

Filleadh ón Antartach

Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh's poem tells a story of a man who travels to Ant ...

Blas ar an mBeagán: Cuitiliú

Cuirfear clabhsúr ar an tsraith le dhá scéal as An Leabhar Nimhe, le Panu P ...

Blas ar an mBeagán: An Foirgneamh Nua

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

Blas ar an mBeagán: Heinrich

Rúin na Seacht gCaisleán – Scéalta Trasalvánacha, leabhar nua Gotach á léam ...

Blas ar an mBeagán: An Leabhar Nimhe

Cuirfear clabhsúr ar an tsraith le dhá scéal as An Leabhar Nimhe, le Panu P ...

Dulra (Nature)

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