Ag labhairt Gaeilge sa Tír Dhubh – speaking Irish in the Black Country

14 Jul 2020

Digbeth Coach Station, Birmingham - its familiar "A Hundred Thousand Welcomes" sign is a traditional Irish greeting (Dreamstime) This post follows on from this one about the use of Gaeilge,…

Gaeilge sa Tír Dhubh: the Irish language in the Black Country

25 May 202025 May 2020

It's been a while since a post here, and I'd presumed that being furloughed from work would provide me with tons of spare time to write a blog. Reader, it…

The teens

2 Jan 2020

I've been meaning to write an update here for ages - my last post was, unbelievably, over a year ago. But now I'm here, I'm twiddling my thumbs a bit…