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‘Snap That’ Online Photo Exhibition
View the ‘Snap That’ online photography and caption exhibition of life through the lens of Ireland’s 18- to 25-year-olds
Digital Repository of Ireland
Did you know that beards were status symbols in the world of early Irish literature?
Learn more in today’s episode of Spreading the Words on the word ulcha.
Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge
Eight-legged wild little ox
What are we to make of the word damhán alla? Let’s try and shed some light on its origins in today’s episode of Spreading the
Snap that: Life through the lens of Ireland’s 18- to 25-year-olds
Calling 18- to 25-year-olds on the island of Ireland to tell the story of your generation through your smartphone lens. Photographs with accompanying captions will
Humanities and Social Sciences Committees
A voyage of the mind
In this episode of Spreading the Words we learn about Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill’s use of the word immram.
Scoláireachtaí Foilsitheoireachta Léann na Gaeilge 2021
Tá Fochoiste na bhFoilseachán, Coiste Léann na Gaeilge, Litríocht na Gaeilge agus na gCultúr Ceilteach ag glacadh le hiarratais anois do Scoláireachtaí Foilsitheoireachta Léann na
Coiste Léann na Gaeilge agus an Léinn Cheiltigh
DIB launches Leaving Cert history resource
The Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) has created a new resource for Leaving Cert history students comprised of forty biographies of major Irish figures from
Dictionary of Irish Biography
An edible purple seaweed
A word dear to Seamus Heaney, how does ‘dulse’ feature in medieval Irish law, literature and medicine?
What’s the relationship between the Irish adjective bog ‘soft’ and the English noun meaning ‘bogland’?
In this episode of Spreading the Words we learn about Seamus Heaney’s use of the word bog.
Spreading the Words: a new podcast
Histories of Irish words from literature and everyday life by the authors of A history of Ireland in 100 words.
Could medieval Irish people swim?
Hear about traditions of wild swimming in this episode of Spreading the Words.
Birds of Clare Island: Reed Bunting
On Day 9 of Heritage Week we learn about a common resident on Clare Island, featuring in New Survey of Clare Island, vol. 9: Birds.
New Survey of Clare Island