Irish Language Episodes
S5E3: Manchán Magan - Deep Rooted In Irish Culture
For over 25 years Manachán Magan has been at the forefront of Irish cultural affairs. He first rose to public attention with the 1996 launch of Irish language television now known as TG4. Together with his brother Ruán, Manac...
S4E14: Rosa Nutty: Authentic Lyricism in Song
In a way we’ve been teasing this episode since our first, as we’ve treated you to a wee taste of Rosa Nutty’s music at the opening of every Irish Stew episode. Now we go beyond the snippet and follow Rosa …
Colm Bairéad and Cleona Ní Chrualaoi: Making Noise With "The Quiet Gi…
In times past, the Irish language (Gaelic) was thought by some to be a mark of backwardness. In this episode, husband and wife team, Colm Bairéad and Cleona Ní Chrualaoi reveal how Ireland's native tongue provided entrée to t...
S4E4: Elaine Ní Bhraonáin PhD - Irish Language, Irish In NYC & A Moth…
Our conversation with the warm and welcoming Elaine Ní Bhraonáin takes us from her childhood in South County, Dublin, to New York’s lively Irish scene, to bucolic Ballymoney on the north Wexford coast where she and her husban...
S3E8: MacDara Ó Conaola – Aran Islander Keeping Irish language & Mu…
On this serving of Irish Stew, we travel from Manhattan (pop. 1.6 M) to Inisheer (pop. 250) to explore the sights, sounds, haunting landscape, natural history, and vibrant culture of the Aran Islands with our affable tour gui...