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Back From The Dead: Translating Transylvania
With thanks to the Bram Stoker Festival, the Motherfoclir Podcast was resurrected for one afternoon in October 2022 to discuss the translation of Dracula into Irish by Sen Cuirrein.In this recording of last year's live show Darach is joined by Peada
Introducing | Words To That Effect
Motherfocloir is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network and there are lots of other shows on the network we think you might like. Words To That Effect is a show that tells stories of the fiction behind popular culture and if you're a fan of Motherfocloir w
186: #186 | Last Orders - The Residents' Bar
Thank you for your support over the last four years.Thank you for inviting us into your headphones and into your head. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.Thank you to Brian and Kirsten for making each episode look and sound amazing. Thank yo
BONUS | Amy Louise O'Callaghan and the Irish Arts Center NYC
If you follow Darach's Word of the Week project with the Irish Arts Center in New York, you'll have seen the artwork of Amy Louise O'Callaghan - @amylouioc on Twitter, Instagram and Etsy - who reimagines Irish mythology in the style of Japanese animation
185: #185 | Last Orders - The Grass Beard: Finn Longman and Queer Readings of An Táin
Join us for the final episode of Motherfoclir, live on Zoom tonight: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55377967---Every artistic/visual representation of Cchulainn presents him as a hulking, ultra-masculine figure. But is this interpretation justified b
184: #184 | Last Orders - Motherfoclóir Meets Blindboy
Blindboy talks to Darach about the Dictionary of Hiberno-English, and the idea of resistance in language through dialect and satire.
183: #183 | Last Orders - 32 Shades of Salach: Romance Novels with Róisín McNally
Since Covid, sales of romance novels have shot through the roof, largely on account of the #BookTok hashtag on Tiktok.
182: #182 | Last Orders - Seven Deadly Letters - J, K, Q, W, X, Y, Z
Dr McEvoy and Mayor Pete assist Darach in a whistle stop tour of the letters J, K, Q, W, X, Y and Z.
181: #181 | Last Orders - Parenting Is An Irregular Verb - Séamas Ó Reilly
Everybody is talking about Twitter sensation Samas Reilly and his hilarious yet moving memoir "Did You Hear Mammy Died?"
180: #180 | Last Orders - Diabhal Scéal
When we say that a child is full of divilment, are we saying that they are possessed by Satan? No, we are not.