Introducing | Gaylinn
Gaylinn dives into the weird, wonderful, and messy sides of life from sports to dating in Dublin all with humor, hot takes, and plenty of Ir...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsSociety & Culture
Motherfocloir
Dispatches from a not so dead language. Hosted by Darach O'Séaghdha and The Irish For... @theirishfor (https://twitter.com/Motherfocloir)
Motherfocloir Podcast Guide
Listen to Motherfocloir, a Society & Culture podcast by HeadStuff Podcasts. Stream 198 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
Show Topic
Browse this show under Society & Culture podcasts.
Episodes
20 episodes are loaded now from a catalog of 198. More episodes can be opened from this page.
Discover More
Explore Society & Culture podcasts, United States podcasts and English podcasts.
Episodes
20 of 198 episodesIntroducing | The Greatest Matter
An audiodrama for fans of Motherfoclóir! The Greatest Matter is a new gothic crime tale set in Victorian Dublin, about a criminologist who a...
Mother Tongues and Other Tongues: Behan, Doyle and Rooney in Translation
We're back! Well, sort of. In March 2024 Darach, Gearóidín and Peadar were reunited for a live Seachtain na Gaeilge event in Clondalkin Libr...
Back From The Dead: Translating Transylvania
With thanks to the Bram Stoker Festival, the Motherfoclóir Podcast was resurrected for one afternoon in October 2022 to discuss the translat...
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 Th...
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...
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'Callagh...
185: #185 | Last Orders - The Grass Beard: Finn Longman and Queer Readings of An Táin
Join us for the final episode of Motherfoclóir, live on Zoom tonight: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55377967 --- Every artistic/visual repre...
184: #184 | Last Orders - Motherfoclóir Meets Blindboy
The re-release of Professor Terence Dolan's Dictionary of Hiberno-English didn't happen by accident, but was nudged into existence by a writ...
183: #183 | Last Orders - 32 Shades of Salach: Romance Novels with Róisín McNally
In terms of literary prestige, romance novels don't get no respect, ranking lower than sports biographies and screenplay novelisations on th...
182: #182 | Last Orders - Seven Deadly Letters - J, K, Q, W, X, Y, Z
Four years ago we started this podcast off with a discussion of the letter V. There’s been much water under the bridge since then and while...
181: #181 | Last Orders - Parenting Is An Irregular Verb - Séamas Ó Reilly
Everybody is talking about Twitter sensation Séamas Ó Reilly and his hilarious yet moving memoir "Did You Hear Mammy Died?" And rightly so -...
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. In today's episode, Darach, G...
179: #179 | Last Orders - Créatúrs, Sliabhíns & Digressions
Well, it couldn't last forever; Motherfoclóir will be ending forever before this autumn. Before we go on our separate ways, we'd like to bri...
Teaser | Darach Meets ... The Europeans!
Darach chats to Katy and Dominic, the hosts of popular podcast "The Europeans". To hear the full episode and much more visit https://www.pat...
178: #178 | Fatal Deviation
Darach is joined by Mira Adama (@LostWolfling), along with a cast of other contributors, to discuss a cult classic of Irish cinema. Watch Fa...
177: #177 | Let’s Start With Komets-Alef: Learning About Yiddish With Meena & Arun Viswanath
Recently, Yiddish became the fortieth language to join Duolingo, an achievement that followed hot on the heels of Harry Potter being transla...
176: #176 | BONUS: Irish Sign Language with Caroline McGrotty
Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsORJSesv48 In 2017, Irish Sign Language (ISL) was officially given legal recognition in...
175: #175 | Up The Lagan In A Bubble: Line of Duty and the Irish Cop Trope
Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the Wee Donkey. Everyone is hooked on “Line of Duty” at the moment, the latest reinvention of the cop show genre...
174: #174: Ceci N'est Pas Une Gickna - Louise Selkies Ní Chuilinn
When he’s not beavering away at this very podcast, Darach does a bit of work with the Irish Arts Center in New York as part of their word of...