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Away From Home

For the first interview of our series «away from home» we met Emilie. This young French woman is currently touring Australia, thanks to her working holiday visa. “I arrived last November and I travelled down the East Coast. I’ve seen Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne. Between cities, I’m “wwoofing”. It stands for willing workers on organic farms. […]
September 02, 2020
Whack a Sliotar!

Relatively unknown outside Ireland and Great-Britain, albeit over 2,000 years old, hurling – or Iománaíocht in Gaelic – is the third most popular sport in Ireland. It is hard to compare it to anything else for it is quite unique – and sometimes even dangerous! Hit without getting hit Clubs, helmets and a ball is […]
January 10, 2020
Ogham

Ogham or Ogam, pronounced “o’m” or “oem”, is an alphabet from the 4th century used to write the old Irish language. Ogham is found engraved on stones. There are only 382 relics found with such inscriptions, most of them in Ireland, the rest in Scotland, Wales, England and on the Isle of Man. Divine inscriptions […]
November 29, 2019
Ogham
French article
L’écriture oghamique ou Og(h)am, prononcé « o-eum » ou bien « o-weum », est un alphabet datant du IVème siècle utilisé pour écrire le gaélique ancien. L’Ogam était sculpté sur des pierres. Seulement 382 reliques ont été retrouvées, la plupart en Irlande, le autres en Écosse, au Pays de Galle, en Angleterre et sur l’Ile […]
November 29, 2019
A Simplified Introduction to Irish Names

Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Ní Raghallaigh, Ní Tuama, Ó hAonghusa,… No idea how to read, let alone utter, those words? Quite likely like most people and yet these words come from a European language. Gaelige is a speech that differs a lot from its fellow European languages. Official language, with English, of the Republic of Ireland, it […]
July 10, 2019