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Language | Sorry for your Troubles : Hiberno-English and a history of euphemism.

Gerard Lynch/March 15, 2018April 19, 2018

In which the author gives out* about the Hiberno-English tendency towards euphemism *tabhairt amach (lit) to give out (fig) to complain about…

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Opinion | Elite origin of the Irish language revival is hindering learning

Ciarán Weafer/November 7, 2016March 15, 2018

On the 25 November 1892, when Douglas Hyde – he who later became the first president of the Irish Republic…

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