Posts Tagged ‘Gaelic’

What’s in a Name?

28Apr09

On more than one occasion over the past year or so, it seems that I went through something of an identity crisis; I could not decide whether to use the English form of my surname; Butler, or the Irish Gaelic version; De Buitléir. It was a decision that, I felt, is quite important, as everyone’s [...]


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March Madness

06Apr09

I’ve been horribly busy recently; I’m getting ready to finish my degree in University College Dublin, and I cannot believe that 3 years have gone by so fast! It’s amazing!
March was my busiest month yet; as well as working for RTÉ and trying to study, I was working for Raidió Rí-Rá, an Irish-language radio station [...]


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Where’s Our Own Music?!?

13Feb08

Here are two videos of songs in Welsh that I really like. Have a look and a listen, and ask yourself one question; Why don’t we have comtempory music in our own language, like the Welsh?!?
Clinigol: Gorau (Feat. Gemma Rees)
Brigyn: Os Na Wnei Di Adael Nawr


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The Corruptions of Sex (?)

08Feb08

My mother is the kind of woman who finds Sex & The City too vulgar to watch, and is of the opinion that sex should not be talked about as lightly as one would chat about the weather. Despite that, however, she has no problem discussing sex and sexuality with me when needs be; in [...]


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I’m on the (You)Tube!

18Nov07

Yes, not only can you read what I write and gaze lovingly at my profile photo, but now you lovely loyal readers of mine can now look and listen to me thanks to YouTube and MySpace!
I’ve established [blag_scott] (Irish for Scott’s blog), which is a series of video-blogs done in Irish Gaelic. There are very [...]


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