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Gaeilge, ceol, an saol mór.
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Seimineáir SCS
SCS seminars
5 pm, DIAS, 10 Burlington Road

Luan/Monday: Prof Ruairí Ó hUiginn, `The rosc passages in Oideadh Chonlaoich'
Céadaoin/Wednesday: Dr Daniel Watson, `The Epitome of Eriugena's Periphyseon in Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Auct. F. 3. 15.'
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February 4, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Did you miss the special St Brigid's episode of the Medieval Irish History Podcast with Prof. Jean-Michel Picard?

Listen below and find out about the impact of Naomh Bríd across Europe ☘️
Happy St Brigid's weekend! To celebrate we bring you a journey through Europe w/Prof. Jean-Michel Picard, UCD. He has unreal stories of hunting down manuscripts (incl. Napoleon & nazis!) & helps us understand the appeal of Brigid in lands far from Kildare! #brigid open.spotify.com/episode/0Bl4...
St Brigit in Continental Europe with Prof. Jean-Michel Picard
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February 4, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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February 4, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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3/3 ✒️ CF 23: Sagas, Poetry & Genealogies
Dublin, 1745–47, by Seán Ó Laochadh.
Fenian and Ulster Cycle tales, romantic adventures & historical lore.
Poems by leading bardic poets and extensive Irish genealogical material.

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MS CF 23 (Maynooth University)
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February 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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First blossoming Primrose (Primula Vulgaris) I've spotted on the coast this year 😍
County Clare, Ireland.

"Aillte" Episodes 1 and 2 of documentary now available for streaming on TG4.

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February 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Bah hImbolg!
January 31, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Léigh mé roinnt dánta le Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill inniu. Taitníonn a cuid dánta go mór liom, go háirithe 'Ceist na Teangan'. Is maith an rud a bheith beagáinín dóchasach faoi thodhchaí na Gaeilge.
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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Some media will do anything to prevent calling Epstein’s victims ‘children’
or ‘girls’.
They were not ‘women’.
And what is an ‘underage woman’?
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Do thugas, is do thugas is do thugas óm chroí greann duit,
Ar madin Lae Fhéil Muire na gCoinneal sa Teampall,
Do shúilín ba ghlaise ná uisce na ngeamhartha, is do bhéilín ba bhinne ná an druid nuair a labhrann.
February 2, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Gabham molta Bríde.
February 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Another day in the archive, reading the diaries of a 19th-century doctor at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. This Irish migrant's story was, I thought, heartbreaking:

May 30 1877,

"Yesterday I was called into a ward to interpret for an old man who had been knocked down by an omnibus. ...

1/2
January 29, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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From the Chartists to the suffragettes, and from the civil rights movement to the anti-apartheid struggle, every great protest movement has found strength in song.

There is extraordinary power in music. More than one injustice has fallen before a hail of ballads.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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An deireadh seachtaine beagnach tagtha chun deiridh anois a chairde, agus tá Muiris Ó Raghallaigh linn arís chun clabhsúr a chur leis an scoil leis an gcaint Léargas Físiúil ar Ghnéithe de Shaothair An Ghúim.
January 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Domhnall Ó Loingsigh, rúnaí An Clár as Gaeilge agus láithreoir raidió ar Clare FM, atá ag oscailt na Scoile anocht.

Tá an-tacaíocht tugtha ag An Clár as Gaeilge, agus ag Domhnall go háirithe, do Scoil Merriman 2026.
January 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Gearóidín Uí Laighléis agus Muiris Ó Raghallaigh i mbun allagair anois lenár gcomhghleacaí Síle Ní Choincheannain ar Luathbhlianta An Ghúim #scoilmerriman2026 #gaeilge
January 23, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Táim ag súil go mór leis an ócáid seo san oíche amárach. Beidh sé le feiceáil beo ar leathanach FB na féile ( 👇) , ag tosú ag 8pm, a Spéiríní, más mian libh seal a chaitheamh inár gcuideachta.

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Féile Pan Cheilteach 2026 - An Gearrliosta
Reáchtálfar Comórtas Náisiúnta Amhrán Nuachumtha Pan Cheilteach ’26 sa VISUAL Carlow , in Amharclann George Bernard Shaw , Ceatharlach, o...
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January 23, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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The talk will highlight different examples of migration in Ulster related to the textile industry looking at links to America with the "Gilford mill colony" in Greenwich, immigration of Huguenots and Quakers and emigration of 34 Derry shirt workers to Melbourne in 1911.
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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Clár na Seachtaine seo:

Seán Ó Sé (1936 - 2026)

Ag cur síos ar a shaol & a shaothar le Jeaic Ó Muircheartaigh i 2000

10:10am Dé Domhnaigh
2:05pm Dé Céadaoin
& Podchraoladh @rternag.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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Gluaiseacht le Alan Titley - is féidir éisteacht leis ⁊ é a léamh ag an am céanna:
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Gluaiseacht Caibidil 1
Stream Gluaiseacht Caibidil 1 by Foras na Gaeilge on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Ádh mór ar Mhuiris. Rinne sé obair den scoth le Raidió na Life.
January 19, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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YA sailing LGTB romance written by a very talented wife of mine. She's made vocab lists for it, not sure of they're online yet, though.
January 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM