Accents, everyone has one but some characters have more than one, and writing them on a Mac can be hard unless you know how. I really only need one type of accent, the “sine fada” in Irish that goes over the vowels. They look like this: á, é, ó, ú […]
Youtube
Americans Try To Pronounce Traditional Irish Names
You should hear what some people make of my name. There are classes devoted to pronouncing it before I arrive at destinations. 🙂
Ireland
YOLO NASA you know?
YOLO, an acronym that I’ve only ever heard on Reddit, stands for “You Only Live Once”. Does anyone actually use it in real life? If you’re talking to some young hip Irish person try saying NASA to them. That’s YOLO in Irish! Nil Ach Saol Amhain! They’ll really know what […]
Ireland
The 2011 Irish Presidential Ballot
Today Ireland goes to the polls to elect a new president. The job isn’t as important as in other countries, but one of the primary roles of the President is to veto new laws if they are unconstitutional. Nevertheless the election campaign has been downright dirty and negative as the […]
Ireland , tv
In The Name Of The Fada
You’ll already know about the Irish version of Jump Around by Des Bishop if you’re a regular reader here, but if you have missed previous episodes, please watch the last episode of “In The Name Of The Fada”. It’s on RTE 1 tonight at 10:15pm. Sky+ is set to record […]
Ireland , Music
Jump Around as Gaeilge
“Léim Thart” le Des Bishop ag canadh ag Oireachtas na Samhna 2007 i gCathair na Mart. It’ll be on RTE 1 tonight on “In the Name of the Fada” at 10:15pm if you want to catch a probably better version. I can barely make out any of the song in […]
When-in-Ireland
Níos Gaelaí ná na Gaeil iad féin
Seachtain na Gaeilge is now over for another year but this year RTE actually featured a tv program I enjoyed. Níos Gaelaí was a four part series which followed 4 immigrants to Ireland as they learned to speak Irish and learn about Irish culture through cooking, sport, music and dancing. […]
Humour , When-in-Ireland
Gomaith: cartuin as Gaeilge
Gomaith is an online cartoon in Irish that is yet in it’s infancy but promises to provide, “an irreverent look at the world from the high stool.” Not all the cartoons are funny but there are a few nuggets of gold in there. Oh, and there’s an English translation too, […]
Web , When-in-Ireland
Who wins Irish Linkbaiter of the Year?
A number of Irish blogs and sites attracted a great many links and attention over the past 12 months but I think I can safely say that the Irish Blog Awards deserves the much coveted “Irish Linkbaiter of the Year Award”. If Damien didn’t delete his own blog from nominations […]
When-in-Ireland
How to make free international calls
Fellow Corkman, Pat Phelan has launched the Irish version of his All Free Calls service. It’s now possible for Irish people to make international calls at the price of a local or national call. I’ve covered getting cheap calls in Ireland and abroad before but All Free Calls is a […]