Motherfocloir

Motherfocloir

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Dispatches from a not so dead language. Hosted by Darach O'Séaghdha and The Irish For… @theirishfor (https://twitter.com/Motherfocloir) Follow the show on twitter @motherfocloir or email us at [email protected]

39 minutes 46 seconds

Introducing | 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 arrives in the city and gets caught up in a murder investigation with occult connections. It's a full-cast audiodrama, with a cast of great Irish actors, immersive sound design and original music.
Have a listen to Ep 1 here, and all 12 episodes are available to listen to in full right now - just type The Greatest Matter into whatever player you're using now, or go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com.
Enjoy!

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20 December 2024, 2:32 pm
53 minutes 22 seconds

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 Library (a home advantage for Peadar!)
On the occasion of the anniversary of Brendan Behan's death, the gang discussed the controversy surrounding the English translation of his Irish language play An Giall: did Behan approve of this version, and the significant differences in the text?
This leads to a discussion of translating Hiberno English and Irish locals contexts in general. Is a Trinity Marxist in a Rooney novel comparable to the understanding of a Marxist that Chinese readers would approach her work with? How about the use of swearing in Roddy Doyle - do Germans swear the same way?

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24 September 2024, 3:54 pm
1 hour 5 minutes

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 translation of Dracula into Irish by Seán Ó Cuirreáin.
In this recording of last year's live show Darach is joined by Peadar and Siún as they consider the different motives of the politicians who commissioned the translation and the writer asked to carry out the work.

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27 October 2023, 10:54 am
32 minutes 58 seconds

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 we think there's a very good chance you'll like this show too. Here's a full episode, all about the history of dragons in fiction and popular culture. Enjoy!

For more, and all the eps of Words To That Effect, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com

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14 March 2022, 2:46 pm
1 hour 32 minutes

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 you to Éimear, Clodagh, Caitlín, Siún and Ola, and all the members of the extended Motherfoclóir family.
Thank you to our guests for teaching us so much. Much love to anyone who sent us messages of encouragement.
Go raibh míle maith agaibh.

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Gearóidín - @GaRoDean

Peadar - @TheKavOfficial

Kirsten - @KirstenShielART

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2 September 2021, 11:00 pm
36 minutes 37 seconds

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 house Studio Ghibli. More recently she has reimagined the iconography of tarot cards using well-known tales and characters from Irish mythology. She chats to Darach about her influences, her work process, her interest in Japan and her favourite Irish and Japanese words.

https://irishartscenter.org/event/irish-word-of-the-week-chapter-3

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28 August 2021, 9:50 am
49 minutes 52 seconds

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

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Every artistic/visual representation of Cúchulainn presents him as a hulking, ultra-masculine figure. But is this interpretation justified by the text? In the Táin, Cúchulainn is frequently described as a small lad, girly in some ways, a person who has to change his appearance to present as a "normal man" but does not wear this disguise when he does not have to.
In today's episode of Motherfoclóir, Darach talks to Masters student Finn Longman about queer readings of the Táin. Once we suspend assumptions about binary genders when considering a work of literature that predates this construction, we are free to engage with the deeper meanings of the Táin. Why is the "pillow talk*chapter only in one version of the Táin? What is the significance of Cúchulainn's relationships with Ferdiad and Laeg? And why does this Irish legend talk about bodies and feelings so much?

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26 August 2021, 11:00 pm
1 hour 12 minutes

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 writer who also happens to be one of the most seminal and relevant voices in Irish podcasting. And he's our guest this week!
Before we folded the podcast forever, we are delighted to bring you this conversation between Darach and Blindboy Boatclub, one half of the Rubber bandits and author of two collections of short stories. Blindboy talks to Darach about the Dictionary of Hiberno-English, the idea of resistance in language through dialect and satire, the origin of his love of Flann O'Brien and the future of Irish podcasting.
Check out his books and his podcast!

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19 August 2021, 11:00 pm
59 minutes 25 seconds

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 the scale of respectability - according to people who don't read them, anyway. But what about people who do?
Since Covid, sales of romance novels have shot through the roof, largely on account of the #BookTok hashtag on Tiktok. And one of #BookTok's stars joins us on today's episode. You might remember Róisín McNally from episode #122 - she's back to tell Darach all about romance novels, how Ireland and Irishness are represented in the genre and even the bits where Gaeilge turns up.
We also have a very special appearance from Peadar and a chat with Gearóidín about Bridgerton.

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Contact the show:
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twitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor
email - [email protected]
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12 August 2021, 11:00 pm
58 minutes 56 seconds

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 we always meant to give the other seven “forbidden” letters their own episode, there was always something a bit more urgent to attend to. Like translating smutty novels and so forth.
But on today’s episode, Dr McEvoy and Mayor Pete assist Darach in a whistle stop tour of the letters J, K, Q, W, X, Y and Z. Where do they come from and what do they want? Can they ever truly belong? Are they the Casa Amor new arrivals in the Love Island villa that is the Irish language, fighting for inclusion by pushing an incumbent letter out of the way? Does it even matter? What happens if you need to put a séimhiú on karma? Are Darach and Peadar in a musical?
All this and more in today’s visit to the wild and wonderful world of Motherfoclóir.

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Contact the show:
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twitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor
email - [email protected]
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5 August 2021, 11:00 pm
46 minutes 27 seconds

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 - it's a sensational telling of a remarkable story of a boy with ten siblings losing his mother far too young and being reared by one of the most memorable Irish Dads in the history of memoir. Can a movie be far behind?
Séamas didn't just appear out of nowhere, of course, and between his Rush Hour Crush skits, his infamous anti-capitalist satirical prank involving a chocolate spread and a professional encounter with a beloved ex-president, he is arguably the Cúchulainn of Irish Twitter.
In this week's episode, Séamas chats to Peadar about his book, his journey to becoming a writer… and his favourite Irish word.

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Get Kirsten Shiel art prints here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/
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Contact the show:
whatsapp - +353894784713
twitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor
email - [email protected]
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Want to record your own podcast?
Check out our studios at https://thepodcaststudios.ie
Or do it online at https://remotely.fm/?coddle

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29 July 2021, 11:00 pm
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