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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 clauber , but for ...

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 Nuala ...

Behind the Words

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Shambles of Maamtrasna

The Maamtrasna murders, "one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in ...

Espero

Poet Erin Fornoff reflects on the plight of undocumented citizens.

Dulra (Nature)

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