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Introducing | Gaylinn

Introducing | The Greatest Matter

Mother Tongues and Other Tongues: Behan, Doyle and Rooney in Translation

Back From The Dead: Translating Transylvania

Introducing | Words To That Effect

186: #186 | Last Orders - The Residents' Bar

BONUS | Amy Louise O'Callaghan and the Irish Arts Center NYC

185: #185 | Last Orders - The Grass Beard: Finn Longman and Queer Readings of An Táin

184: #184 | Last Orders - Motherfoclóir Meets Blindboy

183: #183 | Last Orders - 32 Shades of Salach: Romance Novels with Róisín McNally

182: #182 | Last Orders - Seven Deadly Letters - J, K, Q, W, X, Y, Z

181: #181 | Last Orders - Parenting Is An Irregular Verb - Séamas Ó Reilly

180: #180 | Last Orders - Diabhal Scéal

179: #179 | Last Orders - Créatúrs, Sliabhíns & Digressions

Teaser | Darach Meets ... The Europeans!

178: #178 | Fatal Deviation

177: #177 | Let’s Start With Komets-Alef: Learning About Yiddish With Meena & Arun Viswanath

176: #176 | BONUS: Irish Sign Language with Caroline McGrotty

175: #175 | Up The Lagan In A Bubble: Line of Duty and the Irish Cop Trope

174: #174: Ceci N'est Pas Une Gickna - Louise Selkies Ní Chuilinn

173: #173 | The Bramble: Oein De Bhairduin

172: #172 | By The Banks of My Own Orinoco: The Wonderful World of @EnyaComments

171: #171 | Please, Mr Postman - Colm McEvoy on An Post & Eircodes

170: #170 | Well, Well, Well: Vampires, Evil Fish and Holy Wells

169: #169 | The Subh Milis Not Taken - What Is The Best Loved Poem In Irish?

168: #168 | Last Train To Eel Town: Thoughts On Baile In Irish Placenames

167: #167 | A Fiadh By Any Other Name: The 2020 Baby Names

166: #166 | Turscar-red For Life: Spam In Irish

165: #165 | To Claim The Emerald

164: #164 | May The Forts Be With You - Sinéad Mercier on Ringforts & Fairy Forts

163: #163 | An Ace Up Your Sliabh: Recurring Styles in Placenames Pt. 3

162: #162 | Inis or Oileán? Recurring Styles in Placenames Pt. 2

161: #161 | Cill or Coill? Recurring Styles in Placenames Pt. 1

160: #160 | Cliquebait: Gaeilge & Internet Subcultures

159: #159 | Swear It All Over Again: Megan Figueroa & the Politics of Expletives

The Angels' Share (Teaser)

158: #158 | 2020 Hindsight: MoFo Seasonal End Of Year Review

157: #157 | Focal Point : Ireland's Word of the Year 2020

156: #156 | Passing Irish: Performed Identity Through Language

155: #155 | Ochtó Bliain Ag Fás: Tomás Kenny & Kenny's Bookshop

154: #154 | A Great Bunch Of Lads? Info-tainment and the Great Man Theory of History

153: #153 | Ghosts and Dark Flames: Doireann Ní Ghríofa

152: #152 | Meet-Cutes and Cute Hoors - Ireland and the Hollywood Rom-Com

151: #151 | After The Silent Letters: Louise O’Neill

150: #150 | Hallowe’en Special 2020 - Is Maith Sin, Pumpkin

149: #149 | Dolphin De Siècle

148: #148 | Inglorious Blaskets: Peig vs The Peig Myth

147: #147 | (Almost) Nothing Rhymes with Month

146: #146 | A Fine Bed-Mate: The Story of “Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire”

145: #145 | OMG is Dia Dhuit Religious?

144: #144 | Three Whales and the Universe: Motherfoclóir Meets Manchán Magan

143: #143 | Emma De Souza and the Good Friday Agreement

142: #142 | [untitled game episode] with Úna-Minh Kavanagh & Sarah Griffin

141: #141 | I Know What You Did Last Hot Gael Summer

140: #140 | Forty Shades of Green Beer: Evolving Perceptions of Irish America with Thom Dunn

139: #139 | Westmoreland Who? Reappraising Dublin Street Names

138: #138 | UK OK Hun? With Medb Mac Daibhead

137: #137 | Fadúda Fadilah - Proper and Improper Multilingualism with Fadilah Salawu

136: #136 | The Taylor & Clancy: yarn yarns

135: #135 | Secrets of the Dandelion: the Scots-Gaelic Poetry of Niall O’Gallagher

134: #134 | Quarantine Sessions 12: Sin É An Tae (with Laura Gaynor)

133: #133 | Quarantine Sessions 11: It’s ALIIIVE! Creating Vicipéid (with Gabriel Beecham)

132: #132 | Quarantine Sessions 10: Dustin’s Fifth Decade

131: #131 | Quarantine Sessions 9: Bród 2020 with Eve Belle

130: #130 | Quarantine Sessions 8: Plastic Fantastic! 2nd+ Generation Irish Identities in the UK with Niamh Lear

129: #129 | Quarantine Sessions 7: Úna vs. The Kingdom of Belgium

128: #128 | Quarantine Sessions 6: Ollscoil nó Ól-scoil? The Irish Campus Novel

127: #127 | Quarantine Sessions 5: Manic Culchie Meme Girl

126: #126 | Quarantine Sessions 4: At Swim Two Tongues

125: #125 | Quarantine Sessions 3: Amhrán na Fíon (with Shamim De Brún)

124: #124 | Quarantine Sessions 2: London Calling (with Ciara McShane)

123: #123 | Quarantine Sessions 1: Tír na nÓg

BONUS | Behind The Bestseller - Sam Blake Talks To Darach Ó Séaghdha

122: #122 | The Skellig List: Irish Storytelling from Mythology to TikTok with Róisín McNally

121: #121 | Book ‘em, Gráinne: 2020 at An Siopa Leabhar

120: #120 | Raft of the Medusa: The Pogues and London Irish Identities

119: #119 | Coinín Snámh: Síomha Ní Ruairc Is Keepin’ It Réalt

118: #118 | Thirty-Two Carat Gaeilge - Costing and Valuing a Language

117: #117 | The Blue, Blue Grass of Home: Irish in Appalachia with Rebecca Wells

116: #116 | Don't F*** With Fairy Forts

115: #115 | Nollag-atomi Tower: Motherfoclóir’s Third Christmas Episode

114: #114 | The Jesuits Have It All Sewn Up: Dinneen’s Dictionary

113: #113 | Word Up: A History of Ireland in 100 Words with Dr. Sharon Arbuthnot

112: #112 | All Eyez On Me-nooth: Dafe Orugbo from Tebi Rex

111: #111 | Motherfoclóir Beo: Our Netmovies Elevator Pitches

110: #110 | She Who Reads, Leads: Lisa Coen, Tramp Press & A Solar Decade in Irish Literature

109: #109 | No Faloorum: Merriman’s Cúirt An Mheán Oíche

108: #108 | Samhain Special! Áras an Spook-taráin

107: #107 | Fomhar Bonus Episode: Clodagh Hates Autumn

106: #106 | Hector

105: #105 | Stepping On A Craic: Donald Clarke & The Word That Announced Modern Ireland

104: #104 | Banríon Ealaíne: Kirsten Shiel Speaks

103: #103 | Highway to Helvetica: Clare O’Dea and the Irish-Swiss Connection

102: #102 | Whatever Happened to Bean Pháidín? - Irish Lyrics in Translation

101: #101 | Compulsory Elvish: the Irish Language, Fantasy and Roleplaying Games

100: #100 | Mailbag 5: One Hundred Nights in Motherfoclóir

99: #99 | Mom Genes: Hiberno-English vs. Global Pop Culture English

98: #98 | Craictivism: Motherfoclóir Meets Lisa Nic An Bhreithimh

97: #97 | Sin é, Achebe: Translating the Great Nigerian Novel into Irish

96: #96 | Hot Gael Summer: Clichés in Opinion Pieces About Irish

95: #95 | Highway To Helsinki: Finland, Swedish and Ireland

94: #94 | Follow This User: Myra Zepf and “Nóinín”

93: #93 | Insta-grammar: The Wonderful World of @muinteoirmeg

92: #92 | An Astral Week: Seven Days That Shook The North (with Claire Mitchell)

91: #91 | Go Rabbi Maith Agat: Cecelia Beyer’s Irish Journey

90: #90 | Wingardium LeviÓSéaghdha - Translating Harry Potter into Irish

89: #89 | The Sadbh Mind: Children’s Stories and Parental Guilt with Sadhbh Devlin

88: #88 | Mailbag 4: Crouching Poet, Hidden Focphoc

87: #87 | You Give Leanbh A Bad Name: Baby Names with Colm O'Regan

86: #86 | Under The Spanish Arch - Español and Irlandes

85: #85 | The Dublin Mid West Wing: a Motherfoclóir Election Fairytale

84: #84 | Copper Face Paperbacks 2: An Siopa Leabhar revisited

83: #83 | Unroyal Flush - Could Brexit Unite Ireland?

Motherfoclóir Season 2 Trailer

82: #82 | My Dad Google Translated a Porno: Motherfoclóir Beo In Maynooth Pt. 2

81: #81 | A Woman's Place: Motherfoclóir Beo In Maynooth

80: #80 | What Happens Next Will Laoighseach You!

79: #79 | Ireland's Next Top Coddle: Máirtín's Magic Meals

78: #78 | Turning Over a New Líofa: Fluency is a Whatchamacallit

77: #77 | A Rose By Any Other F**king Name

76: #76 | Irish Blood, Gaelic Heart: Nazis, Britpop and Jamie Oliver

75: #75 | Class Clown: #WhyIrish and Motherfoclóir Duolingo Clubs

74: #74 | Tossing the Caber: "An Leabhar Liath", a pre-introduction to Scots Gaelic

73: #73 | Losing the Plot - Cré na Cille

72: #72 | Falling For A Gaeilgeoir

71: #71 | A Very Motherfoclóir Nollaig

70: #70 | "Introduction", a Reading from Craic Baby

69: #69 | Seo Ciara, Seo Ciara

68: #68 | Decades of the Rosary: Ní Ghráda's "An Triail"

67: #67 | Another World Altogether: Donegal Irish

66: #66 | Twelve Angry Gaeilgeoirí - Juries & Irish

65: #65 | Manannach (dú dú dí dú dú)

64: #64 | It's Always Sunny In Leavingcertia: Motherfoclóir Ardteist Special

63: #63 | All The President's Dogs

62: #62 | The Vampirish For

61: #61 | The Light In The Window: Irish Presidents and the World

60: #60 | Map of Ballybeg: Friel's "Translations"

59: #59 | Motherfoclóir Live: All The Presidents Meáin

58: #58 | The Tribe of Dé Danann

57: #57 | Mailbag 3: Tiocfaidh Ár Drift

56: #56 | Áras Report 1: The Top Job

55: #55 | Yeah, Gnó, Maybe

54: #54 | Midlands Mayhem: Motherfoclóir at Electric Picnic

53: #53 | Polar Béarla

52: #52 | Passing The Collection Plate: Papal Taxes in Medieval Ireland

51: #51 | Pumpaí/Dancing at the Crossroads

50: #50 | Unconditional Love: The Modh Coinníollach

49: #49 | And Off With She - Tara Flynn & Peig Sayers

48: #48 | Mèredictionnaire

47: #47 | Ceo, Craiceann agus Cumhracht: An Introduction to Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

46: #46 | The Waka and the Curach: Te Reo and Irish

45: #45 | 2 Mailbag 2 Furious

44: #44 | Duolingo – New Rules

43: #43 | Pride/Bród

42: #42 | No spoilers - Rick O'Shea and ROSBC

41: #41 | Druid Fluid: Medieval Mythbusting with @VoxHib

40: #40 | Lá na hAfraice- Africa Day

39: #39 | Count Darach-ula

38: #38 | Happily Emher After - Women of the Táin

37: #37 | At Swim Two Flann-oraks

36: #36 | A Right Article: Article 8 of Bunreacht na hÉireann

35: #35 | Citation Needed - Updating Vicipéid

34: #34 | Mots, Spanners and the Round System

33: #33 | Langers, Gowls and our Oral Tradition

32: #32 | Once Upon An Island: Old Ireland, Old Irish

31: #31 | See Ya Later, Machine Translator

30: #30 | Copper Face Paperbacks - An Siopa Leabhar

29: #29 | Catch 40.3.3

28: #28 | Leabhar Power: Dave Rudden

27: #27 | Just Say No

26: #26 | Getting A Word In

25: #25 | Searc Week

#24 | Mailbag (or should we say "Male Bag"?)

23: #23 | Lenition Impossible - Séimhiú Nation

22: #22 | Hey Girl, Are You An Irish Dictionary?

#21 | All About Ailbhe

#20 | Gettin’ Schooled

Best of The HeadStuff Podcast Network 2017

#19 | Nollaig/Yule/Christmas Special

#18 | An Irish Pronunciation Special: B, M, W

#17 | The Secret Diary of a Cinnire, Age 16 1/2

#16 | Irish Language Music Collective IMLÉ

#15 | The Irish for Viral: Clisare

#14 | Ó Mo Dhia, Nach Aisling Ceart í?

#13 | She’s A Shoo-In

#12 | Is Éireannach Mé

#11 | The Motherfoclóir Spooky Halloween Special

#10 | A Song For Ireland: Amhrán na bhFiann

#9 | The Orthographic Depths

#8 | The Gaeilgeoir’s Code: Aireamhan

#7 | Pop-Up Gaeltacht

#6 | The Letter A

#5 | The Irish for Passport

#4 | Brehon vs Bunreacht: Family Law

#3 | Surname/HerName

#2 | Google Translate

#1 | The Letter V

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