#motherfocloir

[haveyouheardthispodcast]

Propaganda below the cut:

a podcast about the Irish language

[finnlongman]

I did a thing!

The final Motherfoclóir interview episode EVER and it's me, talking about the Táin and queer readings. I won't lie, I felt a lot of pressure as an English person coming onto an iconic Irish podcast to talk about TBC like this, especially since it's the last episode! Hence the stack of books I was reading earlier this week, to make sure I brushed up on the details and didn't mess this up. But having just about managed to bring myself to listen to it (I hate hearing my own voice), I think I did okay 😊

(Though I definitely fumbled the name of Táin Bó Regamna a couple of times and said Táin Bó Regamon instead; they're not the same text. I meant Regamna!)

[ana-actually]

The Motherfoclóir podcast is one of my favorites because it never fails to make me feel better about my language skills and learning goals. 

[headstuff-org]

#39 | Count Darach-ula

http://dlvr.it/QV5gSH #HeadStuff

[livingstructure]

The state of Irish language podcasts is dire 💔

[radicalposture]

yo whats the name of the folklore podcast?

blúiríní béaloidis! its the podcast of the national folklore collection at ucd, it’s on soundcloud and spotify as far as i know. i’d also recommend tell me a story with eddie lenihan, a seanchaí who collects folklore

[fiagai-cnuasaitheoir]

For anyone getting into witchcraft or neopaganism.

I’d really recommend learning a little bit of Irish. Gaeilge goes a long way when it comes to pronouncing and understanding words like Bealtaine and Samhain. Which are the not only the festivals but the Irish words for May and November.

Though its an endangered language its not dead, 40% of the Irish population can speak the language and there are portions of the country that speak it as the primary language called gaeltachts. Its very much a living language and words like Samhain are used by the Irish population . As are customs that come with it.

Heres a TV Channel with programmes in Gaeilge:

TG4: https://www.tg4.ie/ga/

Irish Radio Stations:

Raidió na Gaeltachta https://www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/

Raidió Fáilte https://raidiofailte.com/about/?lang=en

Raidió Rí Rá https://www.rrr.ie

Raidió Na Life http://www.raidionalife.ie/en/home/

Here are some Resources and Podcasts for those who may want to learn Irish:

https://www.culturlann.org/teanga/learn-irish-with-us/podcast-courses

https://headstuff.org/motherfocloir/

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Language-Learning/One-Minute-Irish-p397054/

https://player.fm/series/bitesize-irish-podcast-1636502

https://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_beoareigean.xml

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Language-Learning-Podcasts/ClubLeabharcom---Irish-Language-Book-Club-p1274264/

Best Online Dictionaries:

https://www.tearma.ie https://www.focloir.ie/ga/

Also more Irish speakers are welcome to add their favourite resources in the comments and reblogs!!

[thinksandthings]

beochaoineadh

I first saw this word on Pinterest, pasted to a background of sunwashed meadows, with the words "an elegy for the living,” underneath it. 

In trying to find more about the history of the word though, I discovered it is not especially well documented in English materials. The word is Irish, I knew that, but I was finally able to find passing mentions to it in a book and a couple of articles online. 

It is described as "a lament for someone who has not died but has gone away, presumably forever" by Darach O Seaghdha in Motherfocloir, and the closest direct translation I could find was in a review of this same book by Sharon Ni Chonchuir, who chose the words a "living lament." 

Also, if anyone is interested, there is a really cool book on Irish poetry and song by Julie Henigan, and there she chooses the slightly different phrase a “living keen.”

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

there’s a really excellent thread happening on twitter rn because the poor person currently running the @motherfocloir account asked for book recs re: irish myth and got like, three celticists in their mentions having a whole conversation about issues with the field lmao

(there were a few side-threads so this is just the main one, but i’m posting this one because that last comment from @Cruithneach is cracking me up)

[lailedcat]

Tá an Foclóir Aiteach anseo, my dudes

LGBTQ+ as Gaeilge

Lesbian -  Leispiach Gay -  Aerach (adj., gay man, gay pride, etc.),  homaighnéasach (noun) Bisexual -  Déghnéasach Transgender -  Trasinscneach Queer -  Aiteach, aerach, or aeracha, other words for queer such as cam or lúbtha are used in an offensive manner

More:

Asexual -   Gan-ghnéasach

Agender -   Gan inscne

Ally -   Comhghuaillí

Aromantic -  Gan-rómánsach

Bicurious -  Dá-fhiosrach

Bigender -  Dá-inscneach

Binding -  Brú

Biphobia -  Dáfoibé

Cisgender -  Cis-inscneach

Cisnormativity -  Cis-ghnáthach

Cissexism -  Cis-ghnéasachas

Closeted -  Faoi choim (Literally means “Under a cloak”)

Coming Out -  Teacht amach

Demiromantic -  Leath-rómánsach

Demisexual -  Leath-ghnéasach

Demigender -  Leath-inscneach

Gender dysphoria -  Diosfóiria Inscne

Gender expression -  Nochtadh Inscne

Gender fluid -  Inscne-sholúbtha

Heteronormativity -  Heitreanormatacht

Heterosexism -  Heitrighnéasachas

Heterosexual -  Heitrighnéasach

Heterosexual Privilege -  Pribhléid Heitrea-ghnéasach

Homophobia -  Homafóibe

Homosexual -  Homaighnéasach

Non-binary -  Neamh-dhénártha

Pansexual -   Painghnéasach

Transphobia -  Uamhan tras

  Add more if you can think of more important words!!

[shitty-check-please-aus]

PODCAST ROUNDUP

hey hello, if you’re new here, I’m addicted to podcasts and I like to occasionally update my list of podcasts that I’m currently listening to. This has nothing to do with check please but it’s my blog and I do what I want

Nonfiction

Magic Lessons with Elizabeth Gilbert

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Start With This

Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

Jensen and Holes: The Murder Squad

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Punch Up the Jam (fav workout pod at the moment)

Write Now with Sarah Werner

Someone Knows Something

This Podcast Will Kill You

This is Love

Motherfocloir

Britney’s Gram

Death in the Afternoon

The Empty Bowl

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Story Break

Trends Like These

My Favorite Murder

The History of Fun (I think this one might be over :( )

Wonderful!

Reading Glasses

Still Buffering

Jordan, Jesse, GO!

Can I Pet Your Dog?

We Got This with Mark and Hall

Oh No Ross and Carrie

My Brother My Brother and Me

Lady to Lady

Judge John Hodgman

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Shmanners

Dear Hank & John

One Bad Mother

99% Invisible

Song Exploder (the other great workout podcast)

The McElroy Brothers Will Be in Trolls 2

Criminal

The Allusionist

Serial

The Cryptid Keeper

Til Death do us Blart

Natch Beaut

Fictional Narrative/improv

Wolverine: The Long Night

Love and Luck

The Penumbra Podcast

Embarassingly behind

Bubble

Welcome to Night Vale

Like... many years behind but it’s there

TANIS 

Kind of stopped listening. The sound effects are done in a way where, if I’m listening in my car, I have to turn it off sometimes to make sure it’s not a mechanical problem

The Adventure Zone

Hello from the Magic Tavern

Myths and Legends (way, way, way behind)

Dead Pilots Society

The Thrilling Adventure Hour (Long over, still good)

The Dead Authors Podcast (also long over, still good)

Beef and Dairy Network Podcast

Pride month spotlight (shows about being gay, there are some LGBTQ+ characters and people in other shows but these are more focused on queer culture)

Queery with Cameron Esposito

Nancy

History is Gay

I’ve downloaded it but haven’t listened

Homophilia

The Far Meridian

Kaleidotrope

The Ballad of Billy Balls

Gal Pals Present: Overkill

Bad With Money

Girl in Space

Caravan

Loneville High

ARCS

Mission to Zyxx

Imaginary Advice

Startripper

Dreamboy

The Bright Sessions

The Big Loop

Rabbits

So, this is 76 podcasts total, which is kind of a lot

edit: also if anyone wants me to go into more detail about why I listen to any of these/what I like about them, just send me an ask!

[semicolonsandsimiles]

For the fic asks: Ag iarraidh forais i bhfodhomhain 3 & 7 :)

3: What’s your favorite line of narration?

I went looking for the paragraph that first describes the bookshop and turns out it's several paragraphs (no regrets). Anyway...all of that.

7: Where did the title come from?

It's a saying (translation: like trying to find the bottom of the abyss), so it's not from the book, but Motherfocloir: Dispatches from a not so dead language is where I found it

[finnlongman]

How it started vs how it’s going. Very surreal to have my chaotic reading posture immortalised and used as the image for a Motherfoclóir episode! You can listen here.

[libraryleopard]

I think the number of people who follow me on here for shitposts about Irish mythology is probably not that high but I would just like to say that I’m listening to this podcast episode right now and it’s FANTASTIC and very thoughtful

[headstuff-org]

Motherfoclóir #2 | Google Translate

http://dlvr.it/PhX7lh #HeadStuff

[tintes]

22:49

könnt ihr mir podcasts auf spotify empfehlen brauche welche zum einschlafen

höre gerne motherfocloir aber das ist halt relativ neu und kenn die ~30 folgen die es bisher gibt alle auswendig und sonst Hör ich immer throwing shade aber das fetzt net so