The Irish for a curse is mallacht.

Táim breoite leis an buinneach 🤣

That's onomatopoeia

The German for diarrhoea is, wonderfully, Durchfall.

The Irish for diarrhoea is buinneach.

@theirishfor.bsky.social fun thread on /r/ireland: www.reddit.com/r/ireland/co...

From the ireland community on Reddit: My friend and I were talking about the word "defenestration" and how you'd say it as gaeilge

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The Irish for raw milk is bainne amh.

Do I know anyone who’s F L U E N T in Scottish Gaelic? I have a phonetics question regarding a beguiling water spirit character name that I’ve created and I want it to sound authentic. #ScottishGaelic

Election latest: A swarm of bees has arrived at Worthing Leisure Centre where counting for Worthing, Adur and West Sussex councils are under way. Returning officer Paul Brewer has advised everyone to REMAIN INDOORS

Today’s Irish language lesson comes from the book Motherfoclóir, companion to the podcast I’ve been catching up on (currently listening to May/Bealtaine 2021). I found the book at the Central Library in Rochester.

Settling to read @darach.bsky.social’s #MotherFoclóir, complete with a forward by @daraobriain.bsky.social - an insightful and amusing journey through the Irish language. #BookSky #SpeirGorm

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this book is so fun. picked it up at the big hodges figgis bookstore on dawson street in dublin, which is a happy lil slice of paradise for book people. @darach.bsky.social is hilarious and is also helping my irish language studies.

Source: (Would have been worth the modest full price, never mind the discounted one I just bought it for. Still some copies left in Bookstation in Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Dublin! #speirgorm)

Are you a speaker of Irish English? If so, would you share your thoughts on “only” with me for academic research? umfragen.tu-dortmund.de/index.php/42... Thank you very much!!!!🙏🙏🙏

I'm asking the tough theological questions this Easter.

this short thread is a giggle and honestly i’m surprised it didn’t swamped with ‘well eckshully’, but the day in the u.s. is still young

#10WeAdmire – Caitlín Maude (1941–1982) was an Irish poet, playwright, prose writer, Irish-language revival activist, actor, singer, and teacher. Born in Casla, County Galway, Maude was immersed in Irish throughout her childhood and studied at University College Galway.

Damn straight ‘Zombie’ is Irish

a woman is singing into a microphone and the words `` in your head , in your head '' are visible .

Alt: Dolores from the Cranberries singing Zombie — caption says ‘in your head , in your head', which are lyrics from the song ofc.

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That made me think of óg géar, which could work for ogre if it’s sharp in the blade sense, or teeth, rather than intelligence.

Consistently voted the ridiest Fenian in the polls @theirishfor.bsky.social ran back in the day

Me in @thejournal.ie again: John Charles McQuaid: The Archbishop who ran Ireland returns to our screens on @tg4.bsky.social jrnl.ie/6981642

John Charles McQuaid: The Archbishop who ran Ireland returns to our screens

A new TG4 documentary revisits the formidable late Archbishop who shaped the Republic, clashed with reformers like Noel Browne, and ruled Irish moral life with an iron crozier.

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It's #stpatricksday and I present to you a thread on representations of Irishness from around the world, especially those not well-known in Ireland.

In advance of #stpatricksday, here's a thread of essential articles about Irish stuff which you can present to international friends who wish to understand us better. First up: a tale of two Taytos, by Róisín Lanigan. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/4005...

A tale of two Taytos: How an anthropomorphic crisp became a symbol for Irish identity

How a half-man half-crisp in a suit became a symbol of the Irish diaspora—and an important part of the Brexit deliberations

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I knew a guy from Leitrim who would never tell anyone anything, he was fierce private. Once one of the girls in the office declared that she knew someone who knew his girlfriend and he was fuming at the invasion of his privacy. So yes, this motto fits.

Darach Ó Séaghdha@darach.bsky.social · last yr.

Of all the county mottos, Laois is the LinkedIn-iest.

Thanks to @thejournal.ie for letting me blather on about baby name trends again. As Naoise enters the top 100, I reflect upon an increasing overlap between the boy name list and the girl name list. jrnl.ie/6971893

The Irish For: Baby names - Rían’s fada and the myth of the ‘neutral’ name

Ireland’s latest baby-name data shows how parents bend tradition, blur gender lines, and quietly make wishes for their children’s futures, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.

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No YOU'RE crying over James Connolly's love letter to his future wife

The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A love letter from the revolutionary James Connolly to his best girl (and future wife) Lillie.