Posts Tagged ‘Irish’
Being Gay in Ireland
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Tags: gay, Ireland, Irish, kerry, LGBT, queer, Radio, rural, Scott De Buitléir
The Big Gay Musical in Dublin
The Irish Film Institute in Dublin will be screening The Big Gay Musical on Monday, December 14 at 8:30pm. Proceeds of the ticket sales will go to the Absolut Gay Theatre Festival taking place in Dublin in May 2010. Here’s a preview of what’s to come on Monday evening – enjoy!
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Tags: Big, Dublin, Festival, Film, gay, IFI, Institute, Irish, LGBT, Musical, theatre
What’s in a Name?
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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Tags: Gaelic, Ireland, Irish, Names, surnames, Uncategorized
I’m delighted to announce that my Irish-language blog, Dialann Scott (Scott’s Diary), has been nominated for an Irish Blog Award!
The blog is one of eleven blogs nominated for the category of ‘Best Use of the Irish Language in a Blog,’ and I’m delighted to have been nominated so such an award.
Blogging in Irish is something that [...]
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Tags: blogging, Irish, Irish Blog Awards
RíRá to Broadcast on FM
Irish-language radio station, Raidió RíRá, will start broadcasting on FM radio for the first time from the second week in March of this year.
The radio station, which is aimed at the 15-30 age bracket, follows a similar style to Dublin station Spin1038, or RTÉ 2FM. In other words, chart music is the main genre of [...]
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Tags: Irish, Raidió RíRá
Dublin Book Festival 2009
This is only a quick entry to say that I will be reading some of my poetry as part of this year’s Dublin Book Festival! More details to come as I find out myself.
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Tags: Dublin Book Festival, Ireland, Irish, literature, poetry
I’ve been single for the past month, and already I’m going insane. It’s not that I’m desperate to find Mr. Right and settle down in the suburbs with 2.5 kids, but it’s more that I’m not used to being single.
Now, that might sound ridiculously big-headed, but it’s not; I was in a long-term relationship for [...]
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Tags: Bridget Jones, gay, Irish, single
The Great Cultural Struggle
I’ve realised recently that I neglect my skills in writing in English way too much; as an Irishman of the 21st Century, I should be able to write in both Irish and English, but for the past few years, I haven’t really been paying to much attention to the latter of the two languages.
For years, [...]
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Tags: culture, England, english, hybridity, Ireland, Irish, language
London Calling (?)
The thought of leaving my hometown of Clontarf, a picturesque seaside suburb in North Dublin, and moving to London (where I was actually born, despite both my parents being Irish) has been on my mind for the past few days. Obviously, I’d have to wait until next May at the earliest to actually do it, [...]
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Tags: catholic, gay, Ireland, Irish, London, protestant, religion, UK
Time for an Update
I haven’t properly blogged here for quite some time, so believe I’ve a lot to fill you guys in on!
First of all, as of a few weeks ago, I’m now a published writer! One of my poems in Irish, “An Eitilt” was featured in “Blaiseadh Pinn” (Irish for a Taste of the Pen), a collection [...]
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Tags: Blaiseadh Pinn, Festival, IMRAM, Irish, language, Norway, Oslo, poetry, publishing, Travel, UCD
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