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An ould yoke
Learn how the word ‘yoke’ was used in Old Irish in today’s episode of Spreading the Words
Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge
‘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.
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
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
Institutional experience of the “Spanish” flu and COVID-19 in Ireland
Grangegorman Histories presented a fascinating discussion on institutional experiences of pandemics with Catriona Crowe, MRIA. Dr Cillian de Gascun, Dr Ida Milne, Professor Luke O’Neill,…
Grangegorman Histories
Uncovering Grangegorman Histories for Culture Night 2020
Listen to the little-known story of the recovery and restoration of the records from the hospitals associated with the Grangegorman site. These records document the…
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.