Motherfoclóir

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

By Darach Ó Séaghdha

Darach is back in studio this week, as he and Peadar begin the podcast by discussing the rising trend of Alt-Right Twitter trolls attempting to weaponise the Irish language. The irony of two white men discussing racism is not lost on them. They meander through Brexit, national identity, Britpop and the halcyon days of 2015 as they chat about what it means to be “Gaelach”.

Dáithí De Mórdha’s article: https://tuairisc.ie/gael-is-ea-gael-is-cuma-dubh-ban-no-riabhach/

The Scots Gaelic version of Motherfoclóir:

The Scots Gaelic version of The Irish For:

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Darach Ó Séaghdha runs popular twitter account @theirishfor and is the author of "Motherfoclóir: Dispatches From A Not-So Dead Language", which is published by Head of Zeus on the 7th of September.

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