ireland Watch this delightful short film about a Chinese immigrant in Ireland Thom Dunn

podcasts Thom Dunn talks about Irish-American culture and identity on the Motherfoclóir podcast Thom Dunn

animals The Irish language has the best weird translations of common animal names Thom Dunn

audiobooks In 1996, Burt Reynolds narrated an audiobook of Moby Dick Thom Dunn

books Toil and Trouble: a brief history of women using the occult as a form of resistance Thom Dunn

ireland Lidl Ireland becomes "first major retailer in the world" to offer free sanitary products Jess Sabine

Reviews Watching "Herself" while reading "Himself" Thom Dunn

whisky Prohibition whisky found while renovating the "Bootlegger Bungalow" Miss Cellania

climate change Druids prop up faerie stone knocked over by a bull to stop bad luck, sparking government investigation Thom Dunn

censorship Church of England refuses to allow foreign language on a gravestone, calling it a "political statement" Thom Dunn

music There's actually an interesting (and obsessive) story behind Wheatus's "Teenage Dirtbag" Thom Dunn

poetry The oldest written record of "fuck" has been discovered — and it comes from a plague quarantine Thom Dunn

languages Woman speaking Shaetlan Rob Beschizza

halloween Examining the generational loss of ancient Halloween traditions Thom Dunn

fantasy The colonialism behind fantasy's vaguely Irish Elves Thom Dunn

ireland Weekend Tunes: Salsa Celtica–Pa'l Rumberos Séamus Bellamy

Ahmed Alshaiba Kicking it old school with a couple of ouds and the Interstellar theme Séamus Bellamy

geographical cockups Gaelic sign welcomed visitors to Penis Island Rob Beschizza