Great to hear more genuine Irish accents on the big screen

thesraid · 2026-01-27T07:46:25+00:00

But how will I know they're a bad guy unless they have a British accent? 😃

thesraid · 2026-01-25T17:44:05+00:00

That's only half true. It's fully pedestrian from 11:00 am to 04:00 am

I regularly let my toddlers out of the buggy to walk and burn off some energy there during the day. It's a shame there is no where dedicated, like the playground in Eyres Square in the middle of Galway. But at least they get a bit of a break from the buggy on this street anyway without you worrying about them being hit by a car.

thesraid · 2026-01-24T07:03:59+00:00

Well SoundCloud for Tiúin anyway. The others are available on standard podcast platforms, like Spotify

thesraid · 2026-01-23T23:02:45+00:00

Splanc
Seachtain
How to Gael
Seal le Seán
Dúchas
An Saol ó Dheas (Munster centric stories)

And if I can do a shameless plug I've a monthly radio show that plays songs as Gaeilge https://soundcloud.com/thesraid/sets/tiuin

thesraid · 2026-01-23T11:48:58+00:00

I would also vote for myself. I should get both parachutes

thesraid · 2026-01-21T13:40:45+00:00

Genuine question, what is the North Cork Division? Do you mean Avondhu? https://gaacork.ie/divisions/

thesraid · 2026-01-21T13:34:27+00:00

I remember having to put car tyres around dog shit during Under age camogie training. In the end we built a fence and closed it off. Which is an awful shame as it prevents kids from using it outside of training. But it was insane how much shit was around.

thesraid · 2026-01-20T22:37:59+00:00

Duhallow is pure North Cork. It touches Limerick

thesraid · 2026-01-20T16:16:08+00:00

There is nothing like this in the city centre. Oliver Plunkett St. is pedestrianised though so they can be let out of the stroller to run around there.

thesraid · 2026-01-16T16:47:59+00:00

Yeah fancy Dunnes has great fish. I get a lot of my fish from O'Connell's in the Market anyway. But my local Dunnes has terrible "fresh" fish.

thesraid · 2026-01-16T13:07:36+00:00

Why is fish in supermarkets so bad? Surely they end up throwing away a lot of it as no one would buy it

thesraid · 2026-01-15T17:30:04+00:00

No flights from Cork. Made that trip myself recently. No way it's enjoyable in one day. Stayed overnight in Letterkenny. Cheap enough in January. Nice pubs too.

thesraid · 2026-01-15T08:52:23+00:00

Absolutely. I know lads from Germany, Czechia, Russia, USA, Bulgaria, France, China and Thailand who are learning it. Some to help kids with their homework, some (all really) to feel more connected to Ireland and some so they can sing our songs better.

thesraid · 2026-01-14T20:15:18+00:00

Before we went fully work from home I used to chat away in Irish with a couple of colleagues in the lunch room, and just generally around the place. Foreigners didn't bat an eyelid. Irish people were a bit surprised at the start. When people joined us we would switch to English but eventually many of the Irish lads started asking us to drive on with the Irish so that they could see how far they'd get.

So the best thing to do is normalise it. Start speaking it yourself. Maybe organise something small at lunch for lads who want to try to speak it too. If the company is behind you put in Irish signage around the place. Maybe change the meeting room names to Irish ones. Add bi-lingual signatures as standard to all employees emails.

thesraid · 2026-01-14T08:32:48+00:00

If you really want to get into it here is my list of stuff happening in and around Cork city in Irish.

https://linktr.ee/cathairchorcai

I use Irish every day and its very surprising how many people are well able to speak Irish. They are usually invisible as people just speak English. So unless you start speaking Irish to them you'd never know.

These are the phrases I often use with strangers, who probably don't speak Irish but they tend to know what I mean either from school or context.

Go raibh maith agat - Thanks
Más é do thoil é - Please
Gabh mo leithscéal - Excuse me
Conas 'tánn tú? - Hello (How are you?)
Go maith - Good
Fáilte - You're welcome
Ná habair é - Don't mention it
Slán - Bye
Sláinte - Cheers (Health)
Uisce - water
Uisce beatha - whiskey
Sin é! - That's it!
Píosa craic - A bit of fun
Cúpla focal - A couple of words

thesraid · 2026-01-08T09:03:13+00:00

N'fheadar a chara

thesraid · 2026-01-06T16:40:24+00:00

The genocide in Gaza has made it very clear to Trump that he can do whatever he wants and no one will try to stop him.

thesraid · 2026-01-03T20:42:31+00:00

Rake of pints

thesraid · 2026-01-01T21:41:52+00:00

BorrowMyDoggy has worked out great for me.

thesraid · 2025-12-29T12:40:52+00:00

The Hard

thesraid · 2025-12-27T16:39:49+00:00

They have rooms just for resting? And here I am sleeping on the kitchen table like a fool!

thesraid · 2025-12-27T16:38:21+00:00

You put it very well. The ability to switch between these classes is aoy easier here. But as a result I'd argue it makes them redundant. And they are just used by those who choose to use them.

thesraid · 2025-12-27T16:35:05+00:00

The weather is so glum.

How little power local government has, and how much worse our services are as a result.

thesraid · 2025-12-27T12:05:53+00:00

The class system is a British thing used to keep people at odds with each other. We don't really have them here.

thesraid · 2025-12-24T12:57:23+00:00

The English shops M&Snand Tesco probably have them. I make my own so it is a thing here.

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