Stiofán Ó Briain
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Gael. Mac léinn PhD, ag iniúchadh na bhfireannachtaí i ngearrscéalta Mháirtín Uí Chadhain. Riarthóir i Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh Mhá Nuad.
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This article glances over issues with a number of European minority languages so I don't want to get pissy about it not getting the story of Irish exactly right.
Having said that, the "Irish is cool now" trope is about 40 years old! We need to break up with it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Having said that, the "Irish is cool now" trope is about 40 years old! We need to break up with it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen
What does it mean to lose a language, and what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recently, says freelance writer Stephen Burgen
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This article glances over issues with a number of European minority languages so I don't want to get pissy about it not getting the story of Irish exactly right.
Having said that, the "Irish is cool now" trope is about 40 years old! We need to break up with it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Having said that, the "Irish is cool now" trope is about 40 years old! We need to break up with it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Déardaoin na seachtaine seo. Bígí ann! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 27 November at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Déardaoin na seachtaine seo. Bígí ann! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
This Thursday. All welcome! 🤰🤰🤰
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Imeacht leis an Údarás um Ard-Oideachas a bheidh ar siúl Déardaoin.
Mo Thráchtas i mBeagán Focal
An chéad chomórtas trí Ghaeilge ina bhfuil deis ag mic léinn iarchéime a gcuid taighde a chur in iúl do lucht féachana nach saineolaithe iad
www.eventbrite.ie
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Imeacht leis an Údarás um Ard-Oideachas a bheidh ar siúl Déardaoin.
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Digging into the archives, I discovered my grandfather was the first generation not to speak Irish as his mother tongue, and that he grew up with a famine survivor - his grandmother.
History was so much closer than I thought. My essay this weekend: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
History was so much closer than I thought. My essay this weekend: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
The best Irish stories are often about death. My grandfather stole his own funeral
The history of Ireland – the hunger, the loss of the language – was so much closer than I knew. The change had been so fast from my grandfather’s life to mine
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Digging into the archives, I discovered my grandfather was the first generation not to speak Irish as his mother tongue, and that he grew up with a famine survivor - his grandmother.
History was so much closer than I thought. My essay this weekend: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
History was so much closer than I thought. My essay this weekend: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Amárach, Dé Máirt - fáilte roimh chách.
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Amárach, Dé Máirt - fáilte roimh chách.
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GRMA @tuairisc.bsky.social !
"'Is cinnte go bhféadfadh cúrsaí a bheith níos measa,’ a deir Nike Stam, ‘agus tá muid buíoch as an tacaíocht ar fad a fuair muid i bhfoirm agóidí, alt, litreacha agus achainí ar líne, a chabhraigh lenár gcás go mór.’" 💚
tuairisc.ie/an-leann-cei...
"'Is cinnte go bhféadfadh cúrsaí a bheith níos measa,’ a deir Nike Stam, ‘agus tá muid buíoch as an tacaíocht ar fad a fuair muid i bhfoirm agóidí, alt, litreacha agus achainí ar líne, a chabhraigh lenár gcás go mór.’" 💚
tuairisc.ie/an-leann-cei...
An Léann Ceilteach san Ísiltír slán … mar chuid de Roinn an Bhéarla
Tá deireadh á chur leis Léann Ceilteach in Ollscoil Utrecht san Ísiltír mar chúrsa céime neamhspleách, ach mairfidh cuid de mar chuid de Roinn an Bhéarla
tuairisc.ie
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
GRMA @tuairisc.bsky.social !
"'Is cinnte go bhféadfadh cúrsaí a bheith níos measa,’ a deir Nike Stam, ‘agus tá muid buíoch as an tacaíocht ar fad a fuair muid i bhfoirm agóidí, alt, litreacha agus achainí ar líne, a chabhraigh lenár gcás go mór.’" 💚
tuairisc.ie/an-leann-cei...
"'Is cinnte go bhféadfadh cúrsaí a bheith níos measa,’ a deir Nike Stam, ‘agus tá muid buíoch as an tacaíocht ar fad a fuair muid i bhfoirm agóidí, alt, litreacha agus achainí ar líne, a chabhraigh lenár gcás go mór.’" 💚
tuairisc.ie/an-leann-cei...
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The new partnership between Queens University Belfast and Dundalk Institute of Technology is not a "parent child relationship," and represents the first "all-Ireland university", the Minister for Further and Higher Education has said.
'First all Ireland university' as DkIT partners with QUB
The new partnership between Queens University Belfast and Dundalk Institute of Technology is not a "parent child relationship," and represents the "first all-Ireland university ever", the Minister for...
www.rte.ie
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The new partnership between Queens University Belfast and Dundalk Institute of Technology is not a "parent child relationship," and represents the first "all-Ireland university", the Minister for Further and Higher Education has said.
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Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 27 November at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 27 November at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
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I just hope everyone who likes to mention that they'd love to learn Irish and asking Irish speakers to help them and not leave them out are also talking about investment in the Gaeltacht when politicians come canvassing. I hope they're asking for new local Gaelscoileanna and more GA career paths
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I just hope everyone who likes to mention that they'd love to learn Irish and asking Irish speakers to help them and not leave them out are also talking about investment in the Gaeltacht when politicians come canvassing. I hope they're asking for new local Gaelscoileanna and more GA career paths
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irish times politics podcast griping that catherine connolly's focus on gaeilge, and the phrase "tír gan teanga, tír gan anam" means people without gaeilge are less irish
they offer canada & australia as counter examples! they HAD native languages! colonisers destroyed them! that's less soul now!!
they offer canada & australia as counter examples! they HAD native languages! colonisers destroyed them! that's less soul now!!
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
irish times politics podcast griping that catherine connolly's focus on gaeilge, and the phrase "tír gan teanga, tír gan anam" means people without gaeilge are less irish
they offer canada & australia as counter examples! they HAD native languages! colonisers destroyed them! that's less soul now!!
they offer canada & australia as counter examples! they HAD native languages! colonisers destroyed them! that's less soul now!!
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Plé suimiúil cé gur ait liom go mbeadh léachtóir i rannóg na Gaeilge buartha faoi fhóntas na Gaeilge i ngníomh chun í a chur chun cinn go go siombalach?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
The Debate: Should Catherine Connolly make Irish the working language of the Áras?
Two experts in the Irish language debate the president-elect’s plan to bring Irish in from the margins
www.irishtimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Plé suimiúil cé gur ait liom go mbeadh léachtóir i rannóg na Gaeilge buartha faoi fhóntas na Gaeilge i ngníomh chun í a chur chun cinn go go siombalach?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Bród agus tocht mór orm ag féachaint ar an Uachtarán úr Catherine Connolly @president.ie ag canadh Amhrán na bhFiann ar a searmanas insealbhaithe. Fís láidir aici don tír agus don teanga.☘️
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Bród agus tocht mór orm ag féachaint ar an Uachtarán úr Catherine Connolly @president.ie ag canadh Amhrán na bhFiann ar a searmanas insealbhaithe. Fís láidir aici don tír agus don teanga.☘️
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‘Ligimis don Ghaeilge bláthú’ -Catherine Connolly insealbhaithe mar an deichiú huachtarán ar Éirinn
‘Ligimis don Ghaeilge bláthú’ -Catherine Connolly insealbhaithe mar an deichiú huachtarán ar Éirinn
Leag an tUachtarán nua níos mó béime ar an teanga ina óráid insealbhaithe ná mar a leag aon uachtarán eile roimpi
tuairisc.ie
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
‘Ligimis don Ghaeilge bláthú’ -Catherine Connolly insealbhaithe mar an deichiú huachtarán ar Éirinn
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Tocht aisteach orm ag amharc ar an tuairisciú ar insealbhú Catherine Connolly. Nach orainn atá an t-ádh mar thír gur féidir linn ionadaí a roghnú atá speisialta, ach nádúrtha san am chéanna. Siombail dóchais don tír í.
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Tocht aisteach orm ag amharc ar an tuairisciú ar insealbhú Catherine Connolly. Nach orainn atá an t-ádh mar thír gur féidir linn ionadaí a roghnú atá speisialta, ach nádúrtha san am chéanna. Siombail dóchais don tír í.
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Scéal leis an Titlíoch ó 2023 atá an-tráthúil i láthair na huaire www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuar...
Ag an gCrosbhóthar
Chualathas an rap i gcéin is i bhfad.
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Scéal leis an Titlíoch ó 2023 atá an-tráthúil i láthair na huaire www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuar...
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I should be allowed to fight 2 academics per year
This is the abstract of "Evolutionary Psychology and the Crisis of Empirical Rigor in Feminist Studies," from the forthcoming November 2025 issue of SEXUALITY & CULTURE.
You will hate this abstract more and more as every word passes through your brain. Trust me: the article is worse.
You will hate this abstract more and more as every word passes through your brain. Trust me: the article is worse.
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I should be allowed to fight 2 academics per year
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April: If we don’t get Housing right in seven months, we’re screwed.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
April: If we don’t get Housing right in seven months, we’re screwed.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
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Ticéad agaibh fós? Ná caill an deis éisteacht le scoth na rapála Gaeilge!
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Póstaer @sunday.souvenir
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Póstaer @sunday.souvenir
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Ticéad agaibh fós? Ná caill an deis éisteacht le scoth na rapála Gaeilge!
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@suil.amhain @ushmush.pkg @amanoanseo @julie_goo_poetry @hammysg1th @oisinmacgiolladhaltuin @torbeezy @jamesshannonmusic @miseciara @cuan.deburca
Póstaer @sunday.souvenir
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@suil.amhain @ushmush.pkg @amanoanseo @julie_goo_poetry @hammysg1th @oisinmacgiolladhaltuin @torbeezy @jamesshannonmusic @miseciara @cuan.deburca
Póstaer @sunday.souvenir
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Update on Translations in Dakar - Caitlin Kelly has a piece in the Guardian about it:
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Update on Translations in Dakar - Caitlin Kelly has a piece in the Guardian about it:
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Centrism is the belief that society achieved perfection around the same time as you became a homeowner
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Centrism is the belief that society achieved perfection around the same time as you became a homeowner
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Unwarldly Ullans 💀
Spooky (Ulster) Scots 💀
Ane threid!
A thread!
Spooky (Ulster) Scots 💀
Ane threid!
A thread!
October 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Unwarldly Ullans 💀
Spooky (Ulster) Scots 💀
Ane threid!
A thread!
Spooky (Ulster) Scots 💀
Ane threid!
A thread!
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Scoth na rapála Gaeilge.
Déardaoin 20/11/25
Bígí linn!
@suil.amhain @ushmush.pkg @amanoanseo @julie_goo_poetry @hammysg1th @oisinmacgiolladhaltuin @torbeezy @jamesshannonmusic @miseciara @cuan.deburca
@ImramFeile
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Déardaoin 20/11/25
Bígí linn!
@suil.amhain @ushmush.pkg @amanoanseo @julie_goo_poetry @hammysg1th @oisinmacgiolladhaltuin @torbeezy @jamesshannonmusic @miseciara @cuan.deburca
@ImramFeile
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October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Scoth na rapála Gaeilge.
Déardaoin 20/11/25
Bígí linn!
@suil.amhain @ushmush.pkg @amanoanseo @julie_goo_poetry @hammysg1th @oisinmacgiolladhaltuin @torbeezy @jamesshannonmusic @miseciara @cuan.deburca
@ImramFeile
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Déardaoin 20/11/25
Bígí linn!
@suil.amhain @ushmush.pkg @amanoanseo @julie_goo_poetry @hammysg1th @oisinmacgiolladhaltuin @torbeezy @jamesshannonmusic @miseciara @cuan.deburca
@ImramFeile
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“Mr Reynolds said both Irish and Ulster Scots, Ulster British are in "different places" in Northern Ireland.”
That would be because “Ulster British” as a minority rights concept does not exist
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That would be because “Ulster British” as a minority rights concept does not exist
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Irish and Ulster Scots approaches 'don't need to be carbon copies'
Former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor Lee Reynolds is the commissioner for the Ulster Scots and Ulster British tradition.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Mr Reynolds said both Irish and Ulster Scots, Ulster British are in "different places" in Northern Ireland.”
That would be because “Ulster British” as a minority rights concept does not exist
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That would be because “Ulster British” as a minority rights concept does not exist
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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my controversial opinion is that i do actually think it's fine for us to at least talk about updating the process by which candidates get on the presidential ballot. my less controversial opinion is that i do not trust FF/FG to be anywhere near that conversation.
I'm not sure that we should be entrusting any future presidential election legislation changes to 2 parties who both ran their presidential election campaigns so badly that 1 lost their candidate and their deposit and the other lost by a historic margin and the candidate is being sued for defamation
October 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
my controversial opinion is that i do actually think it's fine for us to at least talk about updating the process by which candidates get on the presidential ballot. my less controversial opinion is that i do not trust FF/FG to be anywhere near that conversation.