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The Irish for a goose is gé.

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If you can pronounce FIFA you can pronounce Aoife.

The Times and The Sunday Times

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Irish names were found to be the among the words we have most difficulty pronouncing. The hardest of all is the name Aoife, which generated 111,000 Google searches on how to say it over the course of the year

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"Mo chorp, mo rogha" is the Irish for "my body, my choice".

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I'm horrified that this man, who touched so many people with his infectious enthusiasm about GAA sports, has been made to feel that he had to write this post. It's not okay.

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2 years

The three Cs in "Pacific Ocean" all sound different in English.

jason concepcion

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2 years

the alphabet: this is how letters sound irish names:

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A sleabhcán is a slouching person. It can also mean a drooping, wilted plant.

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Four years ago a child committed the Brehon Law crime of coining a nickname that stuck.

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The Irish for ladybug (or ladybird, as we call them here) is bóín Dé - little cow of God.

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4 years

In Irish 🇮🇪 Jellyfish are seal snots Escalators are living stairs Pink is red-white A swallow is a little wanderer Rat is a Frenchman Bra is boob parcel Wolf is son of the countryside

James

@TradosJames

4 years

Why German 🇩🇪 is a brilliant language: Gloves are Hand-shoes Slugs are Naked-snails Light bulbs are Glow-pears Bicycles are Go-wheels Refrigerators are Cool-closets Drums are hit-things #translate #xl8 #T9n #German

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"Pacific Ocean" has three Cs and each one is pronounced differently. The first three syllables of cooperation don't sound like cooper. The middle Gs in finger, ginger and singer all sound different. English only seems like a normal language because you're used to it.

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2 years

The Irish word leiciméir means a scrimshanker, a crafty chancer who puts on the act of a buffoon while up to mischief.

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5 years

On behalf of Irish people who aren't dickheads, I just want to tell @_joshpray that you're a delight and a treasure. You reminded us of how wonderful a thing that we've taken for granted is. Fan inti, mo chara..

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The Irish for goodbye is slán.

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Roses are red Violets are blue A regular verb in the past tense Gets a séimhiú.

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I don't remember the names of all my cousins, but I will remember this Tiktok until the day Corrán Tuathail erupts.

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2 months

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig daoibh! Today I'm going to look at representations of Ireland and Irishness from around the world, especially those which aren't well-known in Ireland.

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5 years

This wanted poster for Michael Collins redefines "wanted".

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2 years

Yes, famously the Irish language has always reclined in an apolitical bubble as controversial events passed by.

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The Irish For

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2 years

The Irish for red flag is bratach dhearg.

Film Updates

@FilmUpdates

2 years

Machine Gun Kelly says Megan Foxʼs engagement ring has internal thorns: “The bands are actually thorns. So if she tries to take it off, it hurts… Love is pain.” (Source: @voguemagazine )

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2 years

In Ye Olde English Shoppe in Seattle, Free Stayto are 50c cheaper than the Northern kind.

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7 years

With all due respect to the president's reputation for scrupulously checking his sources, I don't think this is an Irish proverb.

Bradd Jaffy

@BraddJaffy

7 years

Trump reads one of his favorite Irish proverbs

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3 years

Wait until this lad finds out what happens when you type 5318008 into a calculator.

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You may have seen an Insta post or two saying that in Irish "tá brón orm" (I'm sad) is beautifully hopeful - the sadness is not you, it's just on you. Well, to put that in context... the Irish for "I need to take a shite" is "tá mo chac agam" (my poo is at me).

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The days in between 25/12 and the 6/01 are known as "idir dhá Nollaig" (between two Christmases) in Irish.

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2 years

Hape.

Confuser

@i_confuser

2 years

@theirishfor What’s the collective noun for a something of culchies?

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In the 19th century, Liverpool had the biggest Chinatown in Europe and a huge Irish population. Some words transferred between Irish and Cantonese languages at this time. For example, the Cantonese word for beautiful 靚 (leng) definitely comes from álainn in Irish.

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Ohmigod imagine there was a Luas, a Suas (the L) and an Anuas (underground)!?!?

Feljin Jose

@Feljin_J

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Build the Suas, you cowards.

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Four years since one of the most talked-about single frames in sitcom history! The Irish for pause button is cnaipe sosa.

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3 years

The Irish for "hot girl shit" is "cúrsaí spéirmhná".

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1 year

The Irish for a dead name (name assigned at birth no longer used by a trans person) is ainm cealaithe, which translates literally as rescinded or cancelled name. 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransDayOfVisibility

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The Irish for World Down Syndrome Day is Lá Idirnáisiúnta Siondróm Down. Centre of my world 💖

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3 years

A 19th century publication invites its readers to compare a typical English and Irish woman. Isn't this how Facebook got started?

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If this deletion means that this social media engagement tactic finally falls out of favour, then that's something. But the bigger battle is getting respect for the Irish language (& Irish names) at home. It's harder than slagging a twitter account, but far more urgent.

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@theirishfor

5 years

The Irish for bra is cíochbheart, which translates literally as boob parcel.

Elaine

@NotaBot1976

5 years

Feel betrayed..... my favourite comfy bra just stabbed me 😕

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One of the equivalent phrases in Irish to "it's a small world" would be "is fánach an áit a bhfaighfeá gliomach" - literally, what an odd place to find a lobster.

Aisling Marron

@aislingmarron

2 years

City of 8 million people and I've bumped into two separate people I know from home in the last week

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3 years

One possible Irish translation for The Ick is "an driuch". It means a creepy, nauseous feeling which can come on suddenly.

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6 years

The Irish for bellend is bobailín.

Nigel Farage

@Nigel_Farage

6 years

Depressed over Brexit. Went fishing.

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1 year

Those are rookie names. Wait until you meet Fionnghuala and Caoilfhionn and Aodh.

lil muck

@youngpaypal

3 years

Irish people really be walking around with names like Ciaran & Siobhan just butchering the American language

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The Irish For

@theirishfor

6 years

Aye, sex is grand, but have you ever been late for a party and tried to sneak in unnoticed only to accidentally kill the host's dog on the way in and then invite yourself to live in the host's house for free "as a guard dog" afterwards?

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The Irish For

@theirishfor

4 years

This is the Irish for clitoris. Congratulations on finding it.

gachfocal

@gachfocal

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brillín

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2 years

I was sitting near some teenage schoolboys at lunch and when one of them complained that "they're tarring all males with the same brush!" his classmates started throwing chips at him and calling him a wanker. The Irish for hope is dóchas.

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7 years

Covfefe is also what a Starbucks barista writes on your cup when you tell 'em your name is Caoimhe.

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10 months

I'm dancing the seven veils Want you to pick up my scarf See how the black moon fades Soon I can give you my heart. Slán, Sinéad.

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The Irish for girlboss is beainisteoir.

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The Irish for bra is cíochbheart which translates literally as boob parcel.

Ruth Medjber 📸⚡

@ruthlessimagery

8 months

It's mad that they went with "bra" when "booby trap" was right there.

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The Irish For

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K is one of the letters that's not traditionally in the Irish alphabet. Unlike v it doesn't turn up in loanwords very often. One of the reasons for that is that c is never sibilant in Irish: it's hard like cold, crunchy concrete.

Variety

@Variety

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Cillian Murphy poses for photos at the #SAGAwards .

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3 years

The Irish for Gangsta's Paradise would be Tír na nO.G.

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The Irish For

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5 months

A round of applause for this bus stop in Fiji!

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The Irish For

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4 years

... agus rith mé ar nós na gaoithe.

Vox Hiberionacum

@VoxHib

4 years

Go tobann...

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2 years

The proverb "nuair a chacann gé, cacann siad go léir" can refer to groupthink/mob mentality or lies of bad luck landing all at once. It translates literally as "when one goose shits, they all do".

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The Irish For

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1 year

Paul Mescal doesn't tweet much but he has followed @theirishfor since before he was famous. I've been asked several times to DM him on behalf of a fan. I have not yet done so! He's so talented and picks such interesting projects; if he doesn't win this year, his time will come.

TG4

@TG4TV

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Nuair a bhíonn Gaeilge Dhún na nGall ag an scrúdaitheoir! 😅 #BAFTAs #EEBAFTAs

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6 years

Mainstream global English has suffered from the lack of a formal second person plural. You's and its plural form you's'll (specifically, you will) attempt to address this longing at a local level.

Conor McGregor

@TheNotoriousMMA

6 years

You’s’ll strip me of nothing you’s do nothing cunts.

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The Irish For

@theirishfor

5 years

Rather than tell you about my results, I'd like to share a different type of school memory for the day that's in it. We had a teacher who thought "hunk" meant "big eejit". "Get back here, you hunk!", he'd say. "I'm surrounded by hunks and losing my mind!" was another.

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The Irish for a werewolf is conriocht, which literally means wolfshaped. #Samhain2019

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2 years

D'éirigh mé ar a hocht a chlog. Lá breá brothallach a bhí ann. Go tobann -

James Geary 🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🕊️

@JamesMGeary

2 years

Story prompt, this is your opening scene. What are your first few lines?

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1 year

The Irish for a misunderstanding is míthuiscint.

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The Irish For

@theirishfor

3 years

So after four happy years, and a few final episodes, we will be wrapping the Motherfoclóir Podcast at the end of summer. Thank you to everyone who joined us on the most wonderful journey through words, Irish, Irish words and words from Ireland.

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The Irish For

@theirishfor

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Just to add some context: Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh is deliberately written in a stylised, exaggerated version of Cork accent and slang. The play was dubbed "A Corkwork Orange" by one theatre critic at the time.

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@theirishfor

4 years

@jayhandlin @CalArts Congratulations to your brilliant daughter! I hope my own little girl, who also has that extra chromosome, will be so successful.

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The Irish for a WhatsApp groupchat that intentionally contains all but one member of another WhatsApp groupchat is called a Piarsach (in honour of Pádraig Pearse not including Eoin Mac Néill in the later plans for the 1916 Rising).

Richy Craven

@RichyCraven

2 years

Therapy isn't enough, I need all my friends to sign a document to say they're not secretly mad at me.

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The Irish for the term "British Isles" translates literally as "Ireland and Great Britain".

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The Irish For

@theirishfor

10 months

🤦You idiot! I said bándearg! 🫨 I thought you said "a lán dearg"?

Lolsy Byrne

@LolsyByrne

10 months

AND THE WATER DOTH TURN RED WITH BLOOD FOR THE BARBIE FILM COMETH TO THE DUNDRUM TOWN CENTRE.

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One of the Irish words for monogamy is aonchéileachas. But there's also monagamas. You can use either or both words if you like, you don't have to commit to one.

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4 years

The Irish for cabin fever is fiabhras cábáin... not to be confused with fiabhras Chabáin, which is Cavan fever.

emma flynn

@emma___flynn

4 years

I hate them. I hate my family.

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@theirishfor

3 months

The Irish for the debs is damhsa na ndeibeanna. Or you could say bál na hardteiste (Leaving Cert ball).

Ayo Edebiri Updates

@ayosource

3 months

Ayo & Andrew Scott at the BAFTAs.

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@theirishfor

4 years

We didn't change Tánaiste or Uachtarán when women first took those roles. I see no reason for Taoiseach to be different.

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4 years

Now that's now you write a first page.

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2 years

The Irish for hype man is fear haidhp.

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3 years

Aer - air. 🌬️ Grian - the sun ☀️ Graf - chart, graph 📈 Grianghraf - photograph.🌇 Grianghrafadóireacht - photography. 📸 Aerghrianghrafadóireacht - aerial photography. 🗾🪂

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@theirishfor

4 years

Being Irish and/or having Irish heritage (referred to in verbal shorthand as being "Irish") doesn't mean someone hates the UK. It's actually weird to jump to that conclusion. Why would you assume that?

Nigel Farage

@Nigel_Farage

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As you can see from this clip, Biden hates the UK. The Conservatives had 4 years to do a trade deal with the USA and pro-UK President, and they failed. There is no chance now.

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The Irish for solidarity is dlúthpháirtíocht. Dlúth - very close together Páirtíocht - partnership/fellowship.

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3 years

"Mr Qiu is a lecturer and assistant professor at UCD’s School of Irish Celtic Studies and Folklore, has lived in Ireland since 2011 and speaks Irish".

Chinese couple told to reapply for citizenship in English after applying in Irish

Couple now awaiting publication of new Irish language form to reapply for naturalisation

www.irishtimes.com

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@theirishfor

6 years

Before 1847, there were more Irish speakers in the world than Swedish speakers.

UberFacts

@UberFacts

6 years

Ireland still hasn't entirely recovered from the potato famine of the 1840s.

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If Cholmondeley was an Irish word, it'd be spelled siumlaí.

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@theirishfor

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First up: Fractale, an anime series from Japan set in future Galway.

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The Irish word for the sea is 'farraige' - not to be confused with "Farage", which means something that should get back in the sea.

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3 years

Oh my.

Disneyland Paris EN

@DisneyParis_EN

3 years

Fact: all food tastes better when it's Mickey shaped 🧇 😋

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2 years

Slán, Desmond. Ar deis Dé go raibh a anam.

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In Hiberno-English, the plural form "lads" is non-gender-specific, like "ils" in French. Sometimes plural vs singular forms add valuable context as well as just indicating numbers: the way "I have to wash my hand" sounds worse than "I have to wash my hands", for example.

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The Irish for yippee ki yay, motherfucker is "aililiú puililiú, motherfoclóir".

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One of the terms in Irish for a witch is "Bean Ultach" which translates literally as an Ulster woman.

Aisling

@brodstanaccount

9 months

When conservative catholics try & chat me up🤣 I am your worst nightmare you literally would have had me burned at the stake in a past life.

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@theirishfor

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Me during sex: hurt me. Her: tweeting about Irish in English is inherently ridiculous. Me: wait- Her: they only like you for your gifs & will never learn any Gaeilge at all. The others have better Irish than ya & hate-follow you. Me: the Irish for safeword is focal tearmainn!

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The 1916 Rising began on April 24th that year but we remember it on Easter rather than that specific date. All changed, changed utterly - but what were people fretting about in the days before? The Irish Independent on Saturday, 22nd April 1916 can give us a clue 🧵

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3 years

Ahem.

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5 years

Boris Johnson.

Mark Dunne

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@theirishfor What's the Irish for ball bag?

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@theirishfor

4 years

A good rule of thumb is that there are no hard to pronounce names, only new to pronounce names.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

@TheRaDR

4 years

This, from @AnpuLondon . Thread.

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@theirishfor

1 month

We've got to get over them calling it "Irish Gaelic" in certain contexts. I know what I mean when I say "rugby", "football" or "dinner" but in certain company I'm happy to clarify that I mean "rugby union", "GAA" or "evening meal". Hold your fire for the bigger rows.

Netflix

@netflix

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Andrew Scott speaking Gaelic you're welcome.

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@theirishfor

6 years

People of Indian heritage all across the United Kingdom are entitled to ask why a member of the House of Lords can get away with making remarks like this with impunity. It's not an isolated incident.

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An Cailín Ciúin becomes first Irish-language film to be shortlisted for Best International Feature Oscar

An Cailín Ciúin becomes first Irish-language film to be shortlisted for Best International Feature...

Director Colm Bairéad says it is an ‘historic moment for Irish-language cinema’.

www.thejournal.ie

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4 years

The Irish for "thank you for inviting me on your show, Miriam" is SPEAKS IRISH.

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10 months

It's a small part of her legacy (but consistent with the uncompromising spirit that she brought to her singing & activism) that Sinéad O'Connor didn't take a stagename, kept her O and her fada. And made it easier for artists who came later to do so.

The Irish For: Are Irish names really that difficult to pronounce?

We should look at names we don’t understand as something exciting to be figured out, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.

www.thejournal.ie

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5 years

We need to have a moratorium on using Peig's image next to articles about contemporary Irish language policy. Her memoir stopped being a set text on the syllabus before current LC students were born.

Irish Independent

@Independent_ie

5 years

Irish could be dropped as a compulsory subject

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1 year

A fellow in school once declared that every language has a beautiful word for now except Irish, which has "sneachta". I personally like sneachta, it's like the sound of stepping in snow, followed by an "aah" as you sip a hot chocolate. Onomatopoeia, like.

TG4

@TG4TV

1 year

Sneachta 🌨️

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@theirishfor

2 years

The Irish for the United Kingdom is 'an Ríocht Aontaithe', which is occasionally shortened to 'an RA'.

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Lá Idirnáisiúnta Siondróm Down shona daoibh! What's an extra chromosome between friends? 🧬

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@theirishfor

1 year

If Twitter collapses over the next few days, this tweet is the kind of thing I'll miss more than any celebrity account. The DRAMA in that final sentence.

RedFM News

@RedFMNews

6 years

An undercover investigation by the Irish Farmers Journal found some supermarkets in Donegal selling bags of potatoes labelled 'Queens'. They were not Queens.

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I remember @AnimalsOnCoins saying that they put baby animals on the lower denomination coins because those were the ones children were more likely to have. Note the baby chicks with Mammy Hen here.

Sean Dineen

@dineen20dineen

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Old Ireland and childhood memories remember the 1d coin going to the shop for a few sweets like your grandparents would say here's a few pennies for a few sweets

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6 years

The fact that @RuPaul tweeted in Irish is news in itself, but the care taken in the phrasing (it's absolutely not a Google Translate job) is remarkable.

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2 years

The Irish for a library is leabharlann. If you haven't been to your local leabharlann lately, you should make time to treat yourself - they're a brilliant resource. 📚❤️

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