Mike Nugent writes:
On sale in Coles, Thornbury, Melbourne. It’s multiculturalism gone MAD I tell ya!
Tag Archives: Irish
Conor writes:
I saw this sign on the way home yesterday by Trinity (and the glorious Luas works). Was really glad to see the Gaeilgóir community helping Dublin City Council out by finishing the word “seo” off. Gaeilge beo!
Donal Quinn writes:
I know you dont normally do this but myself and some other Irish expats in Barcelona are looking to rebuild the Irish community here – it was hit hard by the crisis – and we were hoping you could give us a plug.
We’ve setup Irish In Barcelona. Its a simple email signup and we promise never to send more than four emails a year. We could do something more sophisticated but we hope that by keeping it low impact we will get a broad range of people signing up.
The newsletters will contain info about every Irish related event on in the city – business, social, sporting, cultural – the lot. It’s been up just over a week now and we have a slow but steady rate of signups. If you know anyone interested then please spread the word!
(Image: Qlik Dev Group)
David Brennan writes:
Two different weather forecasts for Dublin taken this morning. It’s hotter in Irish.
Imlé – Fún Orm
Here’s what you may need to know…
01. Decent Irish(-language) hip-hop brought to you by Imlé, a Gaelgeoir collective of musicians and creatives led by Raidió na Life/Wild Promises man Cian MacCárthaigh, and flanked by numerous guests and collaborators, including, on this track, Gaelgeoir wordsmith MC Muipéad.
02. Part of a resurgence of the mother tongue in Irish independent/contemporary music, it seems: as well as appearing on The Gloaming‘s reconstructed versions of trad standards, an Gaeilge can be heard these days in the works of bands like West Cork black-metallers Corr Mhóna, as well as via various compilation/rearrangement projects over the past few years.
03. Imlé formally kicked off last May at Féile na Bealtaine, and swiftly followed up with the launch of their debut single Pádraig. They’ve since appeared at Electric Picnic’s Puball Gaeilge stage. Not just dealing in hip-hop, either, as you may gather from listening to Pádraig, their work explores the contemporary music landscape.
04. 2016 looks to be a busy year for the boys, as they launch their debut full-length later this year, via Irish-language gatekeepers Gael Linn. Production comes from The Frames/Ham Sandwich desk-man Karl Odlum.
Verdict: Ceol den scoth. More contemporary music as Gaeilge, please (suggestions are more than welcome in the comments), and ways to put it into the curriculum, while we’re at it.
Ah Well
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Galway City Council to hold a meeting totally through Irish this year to mark bilingual status. “It may not be a long meeting,” says Mayor.
— Galway Advertiser (@galwayad) January 19, 2016
TROID!
Turlough writes:
Infuriating American Christmas products. This (top photo) was in Murray’s Cheese shop on Bleecker, the other photo was from a world market in New Jersey
Carlosfandango writes:
Piazza San Ó’Marco. One of our famous Irish Cities..Or so they say in the Irish House Bar, Mumbai. Framed & hanging on the wall in the bar.
At The Guinness Storehouse on Friday.
(Thanks BFdeTiger)