Derek Hollingsworth
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| Psychology | Reclaiming my language | Co-founder 7 Cathaoirleach Pobal Gaeilge 15 | #GaeilgeGachLá #100DaysofGaeilge Irishlanguagematters.com (blog)
"A people without a language of its own is only half a nation. A nation should guard its language more than its territories—'tis a surer barrier, and a more important frontier, than fortress or river." - Thomas Davis ❤️ #Gaeilge #irishlanguage #Irish
Comhghairdeas le Gaillimh! Táim tar éis an lá a chaitheamh ann. Congratulations to Galway! I've after spending the day there. #AnGhaeltacht #Galway
English words borrowed from Irish: Boreen A boreen is a narrow country lane from the Irish 'bóithrín', a cow track. 'Bóthar' is road, derived from 'bó' for cow. A bóthar was wide enough for 2 cows to pass so a bóithrín is narrower. ❤️ #Gaeilge #FoghlaimGaeilge #LearnIrish #Gaelach
When the colonialists weren't stealing Irish land & resources, they were picking words from the Irish language☘️ I know, right? Who could blame them? It's a class language! The English word bog comes from the Gaelic bogach for soft boggy ground☘️ ❤️ #Gaeilge #Irish #LearnIrish #FoghlaimGaeilge #Gaelach
English words of Irish language origin: Banshee The Banshee is a foreboding female spirit-often the harbinger of a death in old Gaelic clans. This comes from the Irish, bean sí, & the Old Irish, ben síde 'woman of the fairy mound'.🧟♀️ ❤️ #Gaeilge #LearnIrish #FoghlaimGaeilge #Irish
English words from Irish. 'Barmbrack' comes from the Irish 'bairín breac' meaning speckled loaf. This was a traditional bread eaten at Halloween (Oíche Shamhna, an Irish festival) when turnips were carved to scare off evil spirits. ❤️ #Gaeilge #LearnIrish #GaeilgeGachLá #Foghlaim
English words of Irish language origin: Banshee The Banshee is a foreboding female spirit-often the harbinger of a death in old Gaelic clans. This comes from the Irish, bean sí, & the Old Irish, ben síde 'woman of the fairy mound'.🧟♀️ ❤️ #Gaeilge #LearnIrish #FoghlaimGaeilge #Irish
Irish words in the English language: 'asthore'. Asthore is from the Irish term, 'a stór', meaning 'my treasure', 'my love', 'my darling'. I've never heard anyone use this in English, but it's in the dictionaries! You can say 'a stór' to your partner or children ❤️☘️ ❤️ #Gaeilge
Ghlaoigh páiste de mo chuid orm ón Ghaeltacht. Rinne siad an glao go hiomlán trí Gaeilge. Bhí mé chomh sásta agus chomh bhródúil! ❤️ #Gaeilge #AnGhaeltacht #Gaeltacht
The sportswashing is finally over. The innocent Gazan kids are the image of the War Cup. Children watching soccer while war mongers & human rights abusers are cheered on by corrupt capitalists. #WorldCup #WorldCup2026 #WorldCupFinal #Boycott #Sportswashing
Tá beirt de na leanaí sa Ghaeltacht. I'm so happy they could go. It's such a privilege. Without the Gaelscoil to teach them, & the Gaeltacht to normalise Irish as not 'just a school language', where would we be? I had no Irish when they were born. ❤️ #Gaeilge #Gaeltacht #Gaelscoil
An Chanáil Ríoga/Royal Canal Baile an Bhaspailigh/Westmanstown Baile Átha Cliath 15/Dublin 15
Some Gaeilge for the day that's in it: Grianstad an tsamhraidh - Summer solstice 🌞 😎 Lá na nAithreacha sona daoibh freisin. Happy Fathers' Day to you all, too. #Gaeilge
Many visitors to Ireland – especially from Latin America – think Ireland was founded by Vikings. Why? Dublin has traditionally been sold as Viking, English architecture, Anglo-Irish literature, site of 1916, vibrant cultural scene, but the Gaelic history is omitted🤔 #Decolonise
SCEILG MHICÍL Bunaíodh mainistir ar Sceilg Mhicíl roimh 800 AD. Fuair Naomh Suibne bás ann déanach san ochtú céad. Bhí manaigh a lonnaigh san áit ar feadh timpeall 500 bliain. Tá coilíneacht puifíní ann agus clocháin déanta ag na manaigh. #Gaeilge #Irishlanguage #SceilgMhicíl
Why Ireland is an inconvenience for the billionaire tech bros. I don't think Blindboy is active in the dark space anymore, but this week's podcast is well worth a listen! Bain taitneamh as!
Bíonn Ciorcal Comhrá á reáchtáil in Connolly Books, Baile Átha Cliath, gach Aoine óna 1 in. There's an Irish language conversation group every Friday at 1 pm. in Connolly Books, Dublin. #Gaeilge #PopUpGaeltacht #CiorcalComhrá #Irishlanguage
Baile Átha Cliath- Dublin 🌞 Nuair atá an ghrian ag taitneamh, bíonn Baile Átha Cliath go hálainn 😎 #gaeilge #baileáthacliath #Dublin #spéirghorm
Bíonn Ciorcal Comhrá á reáchtáil in Connolly Books, Baile Átha Cliath, gach Aoine óna 1 in. There's an Irish language conversation group every Friday at 1 pm. in Connolly Books, Dublin. #Gaeilge #PopUpGaeltacht #CiorcalComhrá #Irishlanguage
'The British Isles' was just one part of the attempted erasure of Irish culture. Names & placenames were part of it: Áine - Anne Ó Domhnaill - O'Donnell Cnoc Fiodh na gCaor (Hill of the wood of the berries) - Vinegar Hill (WTF?) If you can be a colonialist or sound, be sound. #decolonise
'The British Isles' is supremacist. Something similar was used in ancient Greek. 2,000 years later, in 1577, it was coined by a sorcerer-part of Elizabeth I's colonialist expansionist court. It never appeared in Irish in 1,500 years of literature. Some want it forced on us. It's anti-democratic.
Bhain mé taitneamh as Féile na Gealaí. Bhí comhra agam le Albanach-iadsan ag labhairt i nGàidhlig/mise ag labhairt Gaeilge! Enjoyed my first Féile na Gealaí. I spoke with a Gàidhlig speaker while I was speaking Irish- weird but wonderful! #gaeilge #gaidhlig #féilenagealaí
"‘In Kenya, English became more than a language: it was the language, and all the others had to bow before it in deference." Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature. #foghlaimGaeilge #teanga #decolonise #díchoilínigh
Many teenagers are heading off to the Gaeltacht in the weeks ahead. The Gaeltacht experience is part of the culture of Ireland. Below is an article with a legend of the Galway Gaeltacht, who runs Coláiste Lurgan, Mícheál Ó Foighil. ❤️ #Gaeilge irishlanguagematters.com/interview-mi...
Mícheál Ó Foighil, Gael: Advocating for the Irish language at Coláiste Lurgan
An interview with the one and only Mícheál Ó Foighil of Coláiste Lurgan. Mícheál speaks about the Irish language, Gaeilge; the Gaeltacht, education and the Gaelscoil movement. Micheál’s passi…
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Today is the 1st anniversary of the death of the great Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. He referenced Ireland many times. He outlined the processes by which colonialism alienates people from their own culture & language. Decolonising Ireland means embracing #Gaeilge. irishlanguagematters.com/ngugi-wa-thi...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Language & ‘Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature’
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ‘Every person, whether in Africa or Europe, has a right to their mother tongue or to the language of their culture’. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (b. 1938) is currently Distingui…
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Caisleán Chill Chainnigh - tá an t-ádh dearg orm bheith anseo arís inniu. Is as Cill Chainnigh í mo Mham. Kilkenny Castle - very lucky to be here again today. My Mam's from Kilkenny. #gaeilge #cillchainnigh #Kilkenny
