Museum of Literature Ireland
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UCD Naughton Joyce Centre
86 St Stephen's Green
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Spreading the Words
2'56"
Read by Ruth Hegarty.
A look into the history of the Irish phrase smugairle róin, which is widely known and much-loved today as a name for a jellyfish.
‘Spreading the Words’ is a series on the histories of Irish words from literature and everyday life written by Sharon Arbuthnot and Máire Ní Mhaonaigh and produced in association with the book A History of Ireland in 100 Words and the electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
(www.dil.ie).
Words Lightly Spoken
Inspired by his two-year-old grandson, Paddy Bushe recalls a bygone Ireland, full of prayer flags, ritual and Marian Year statues.
City of Books
In this episode writer Eoin McNamee talks to Martina Devlin about how his tendency to blend fact and fiction has received both criticism and acclaim.
IMRAM
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