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Call for Input: Higher Education Futures Taskforce

The deadline for the Call for Input to inform and seek the views from stakeholders on key issues facing the higher education sector has been…

A Ghost in the Throat

In today’s episode of Spreading the Words we learn about the Irish word grá in the poetry of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill.

A shaking of the earth

Learn about the Irish phrase ‘crith talún’ in today’s episode of Spreading the Words.

‘Change Minds’ Archives, Art and Mental Health

Watch the webinar, presented by Grangegorman Histories.

An ould yoke

Learn how the word ‘yoke’ was used in Old Irish in today’s episode of Spreading the Words

‘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

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…

Hamilton Day 2020 Review

Professor Terence Tao, UCLA, delivered the Royal Irish Academy’s 2020 Hamilton Lecture on the topic ‘The Cosmic Distance Ladder’

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…

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…