A Life in Dublin

What more can you ask for in a podcast? I was fortunate enough to listen to today (12 June 2023) episode featuring Mollie of @irishwithmollie on IG and irishwithmollie.com. She speaks so eloquently about the beauty and richness of the Irish language, and the perils of losing it. She is so passionate about its preservation, but what I found most fascinating is that in her view, the preservation is in celebrating it and digging into it’s profoundly beautiful and often very funny constructs and nuances. Making it relevant and re-energising people to it through accessibility, humor, and making it part of day-to-day life, not just afterthought on street signs. This was a beautiful discussion, and the host really found a way to ask meaningful and engaging questions with kindness and grace. I look forward to listening to more of this!

I’m shocked that the young man conducting the interviews does not pronounce the T. He says bu, instead of but. Every sentence that has a word ending in a t is the same, no t pronounced. This young man claims that he was an English teacher. I can’t imagine how that was possible. I do like the podcast but will stop listening if this continues. I am from Dublin, living in NY. Cheers.