DARREN J. PRIOR (MAC AN PHRÍORA)

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10/08/26

Seirbhísí Stáit as Gaeilge — Páidí Ó Lionáird, Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga — Near FM (2026)

🔊 Nuacht maidir le comharthaí gan ag cloí le hAcht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla

– Near FM (2026)

28/07/26

Immigration and the Irish language — DJP (2026)

I shouldn't have to spell this out – I have been aware of this for over 20 years – but generally immigration

to Ireland is good for the Irish language.

Not only do most immigrants to Ireland speak at least two languages – many of them speak more than

two and many of them have a much greater understanding of the position of minority languages and

cultural diversity from their original countries so they can I believe understand the position of the Irish

language in Ireland more and why some people believe strongly that we should preserve and try to grow

Gaeilge.

I do think that the growth in immigration in Ireland over the last few years is unsustainable and we should

be permitting a lot less new people into the country over the next few years so we can cope but I don't

make a false connection saying that immigration is not good for the Irish language and to the contrary I

think that most of the time it is the reverse.

If the Irish language in Ireland is not in a strong a place as ideal it is because the vast bulk of the native

Irish population have no strong committment to brush up on the language in a decent sense and speak it.

27/07/26

An Fál Carrach (Falcarragh) — An observation — DJP (2026)

From my Facebook tonight below. I visited the north-west Donegal Gaeltacht area on Saturday although

forgot to take a photo of An tSean Bheairic. You can see the photos I took on my day trip on WC here,

here and see the short video I took of Gleann Nimhe here.

22/02/26

🔊 Formhór na ndaoine óga gan ag caint Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht? — DJP — Near FM (2026)

🔊 Giotán cainte / Soundbite – Young people speaking Irish in the Gaeltacht?

07/01/26

Grúpa taighde Gaois agus Gaois.ie — Near FM (2026) #Gaois #FiontarOCBÁC #InnovativeResourcesAsGaeilge

An Dr Gearóid Ó Cleircín, Gaois agus Fiontar, OCBÁC / DCU

An Foclóir Gaeilge-Gaeilge Nua / The New Irish-Irish Dictionary — Near FM (2026) #Foclóir.ie

Derek Ó Briain, Foras na Gaeilge

07/12/25

Dunnes as Gaeilge cups / mugs

My delivery of 4 as Gaeilge cups / mugs from Dunnes came yesterday (only €3.95 for

delivery). I now have 3 Christmas cups! 😊

27/09/25

Gaelphobal — Uasdátú ar na líonraí Gaeilge agus Bailte Seirbhíse Gaeltachta — Near FM (Meán Fómhair 2025)

Ursula Savage / Ní Shabhaois, Foras na Gaeilge

14/05/25

🔊 Tionscnamh suaitheantais nua 'Ciaróg Chara' — Niamh Ní Chróinín, Cúla4 — Near FM (2025)

04/05/25

Earraí Gaelacha — As Gaeilge & Anns a' Ghàidhlig / Gaelic Products — in Irish and Scots Gàidhlig (ó 2015 i leith)

I started this thread in 2015 and after a few pages it gets very good in my opinion.

Earraí Gaelacha - As Gaeilge & Anns a' Ghàidhlig (ó 2015 i leith) - Politics.ie

Update – Six months later of me living by myself here is my fridge and dishwasher now! 😊

04/02/25

Return of current affairs programme as Gaeilge Fóram — The Southside People (5.2.25)

(It may be necessary to zoom into this jpeg to read this article)

# Caoimhe Ní Laighin, Fóram – RTÉ One

17/01/25

Ag foghlaim na Gaeilge — Gramadach na Gaeilge / Learning Irish — Irish Language Grammar — DJP

I saved these 3 jpegs from searches I did on ChatGPT tonight.

I understand the AL, AC, AF and have a limited knowledge of the MC.

If the meanings of the names of the other 4 tenses including the MC can at any point register with me – first in English! – I might be able to get my head around them in Irish.

The names of tenses no's 4-7 below seem a bit alien to me to understand in English (although I can understand the theory of the names of no. 4 and 5 somewhat, and the examples in no. 6 in the third image) and there is no hope of me understanding the theory behind this Irish language grammar without understanding the terms in the English language which is my first language.

Am posting this here for reference so I can look back at the post and maybe over time the names of no's 4-7 will register with me – again first in English.

Uasdátú / Update

Phostáil mé an nasc don phostáil seo ar an fhóram Gaeilge ar Pol.ie agus dúirt DuineN an modhnóir Gaeilge

15/01/25

Plé ar Fhóram na Gaeilge ar Politics.ie — Darren J. Prior / Mac an Phríora @ Blas na Cathrach, Raidió na Life (2025)

Mé ag caint mar aoi ar chlár Joe Breathnach Blas na Cathrach ar Raidió na Life

Giotán cainte – An easpa cainteoirí Gaeilge ag plé faoi thodhchaí na Gaeilge ar líne?

13/01/25

Pobal Éireann Wikimedia agus An Vicipéid agus Cómhaoin Wikimedia — Near FM (Eanáir 2025)

Amy Ó Ríordáin

07/01/25

Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair — "Ar Mhuin na Muice" — Near FM (2025)

Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríghde

04/01/25

Caoimhe Ní Laighin, Clár cúrsaí reatha Fóram ar RTÉ One — Near FM (2025)

06/11/24

An t-ardán Gaeilge ar líne Meon Eile — Near FM (2024)

Eilís Nic Lochlainn agus Jane Nic Uilliam

05/11/24

Update on the hashtags — Youtube

I posted here a few days ago about the Irish language placenames hashtags I got registered on Youtube. Since then I have gone through my podcasts again more than once and while most of the newer hashtags I entered are not showing up with their own hashtag pages, presumably because I do not have many podcasts with the tags, these hashtags below are showing up properly with their own pages on top of the original placename tags I managed to get registered with their own pages.

Most of these hashtags below are as Gaeilge.

Nóta/Note – I have not and am not going to tag the vast majority of the podcasts I have recorded since

2009 for a couple of reasons. There are loads of as Gaeilge podcasts registered for some of these

hashtags below incl. the Dáil constituencies hashtags because of this and also because I want as

Gaeilge stuff to be represented well on them because most of hashtags are themselves as

Gaeilge hashtags. 😊

#DarrenJPrior

#DarranSMacanPhríora (My name as Gaeilge)

#AoifeNicCanna (Irish-speaking DJ and former long-time volunteer with Near FM)

#RaidiónaLife (Dublin's Irish-language community radio station – located in Áras na Gaeilge on

Amiens Street. Established in 1993)

#RaidióFáilte (Belfast's Irish-language community radio station. Located on Divis Steet at the

entrance to The Gaeltacht Quarter / An Cheathrú Ghaeltachta. Established in 2006)

#AnCheathrúGhaeltachta (The Gaeltacht Quarter – Béal Feirste / Belfast. Established in 2003)

#AnComhaontasGlas (The Green Party as Gaeilge)

#AntAontasEorpach (The European Union as Gaeilge. Irish has been an official language of the EU

since 2007)

#IrishGeneralElection2024 (Samhain / November 2024)

Agus anois (Nollaig 2024) +

#ScoilOilibhéir (Dublin 15's first Gaelscoil – located in Coolmine. It opened in 1975)

#GaelscoilnaRíthe (Dunshaughlin's Gaelscoil. It opened in 1985)

#GaelscoilThulachnanÓg (Dunboyne's Gaelscoil. It opened in 1998)

#GaelscoilanChuilinn (Dublin 15's second Gaelscoil – located in Tyrellstown. It opened in 2012)

#ColáistenaTulchann (Dublin 15's second-level Gaelscoil – located in Luttrellstown. It opened in

2018)

Agus anois (Eanáir 2025) +

#NaMeáinGhaeilge (The Irish-Language Media)

#PáirtíanLuchtOibre (The Labour Party as Gaeilge)

#PádraigÓCuanacháin, Gael-Taca (1932-2008)

Agus anois (February 2025) +

#PartyforAnimalWelfare #ThePartyforAnimalWelfare (Established in 2018)

Anois (Bealtaine 2025) +

#NaMeáinShóisialtaGaeilge (The Irish-Language social media)

Agus anois (June 2025) +

#CathalLeavy (Dublin Area Representative – The Party for Animal Welfare)

Agus anois (Iúil 2025) +

#LíonraGaeilge (Irish-language network pl. Líonraí Gaeilge)

#BaileSeirbhíseGaeltachta (Gaeltacht Service Town pl. Bailte Seirbhíse Gaeltachta)

Agus anois (August 2025) +

#IrishGeneralElection2016

#IrishGeneralElection2020

Agus anois (Lúnasa / An Lùnastal 2025) +

#DùnÈideann / Edinburgh (in Scots Gaelic)

#AGhàidhealtachd (A’ Ghàidhealtachd – Scots Gaelic-speaking areas and the term for the Scottish

Highlands ann an Gàidhlig in general)

Agus anois (December 2025) +

#GerbenUunk (Limerick Area Representative – The Party for Animal Welfare)

Agus anois (January 2026) +

#OCBÁC (Ollscoil Cathair Bhaile Átha Cliath / Dublin City University DCU)

Agus anois (February 2026) +

#CCBÁC (Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath / Dublin City Council DCC)

I got this Gaelphobal hashtag registered a couple of months ago but I am not sure in what month so I

will link it here as it was created recently enough.

#Gaelphobal (An umbrealla name for the Irish-language community)

#Feachtas (Campaign – there is a youth Irish-language organisation called Feachtas too)

#AMLÉ (Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn – Ireland's Third-Level Student Movement)

#CRAOL (Community Radio Ireland / Community Radio Forum of Ireland)

#LeasAinmhithe (Animal welfare as Gaeilge)

And now (March 2026) +

#Olltoghchán2020 (As Gaeilge name for General Election 2020 – the Irish 2020 General Election)

#Olltoghchán2024 (As Gaeilge name for General Election 2024 – the Irish 2024 General Election)

Agus anois (Aibreáin/April 2026) +

#ColáistenaTríonóide (Trinity College / Trinity College Dublin TCD)

#COBÁC (An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath / University College Dublin UCD)

#OllscoilnaGaillimhe (University of Galway UoG)

#DLRCC (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. The equivalent as Gaeilge abbreviation would

be #CCDLR short for Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire-Ráth an Dúin)

#AnForasPátrúnachta (Largest patronage body of Gaelscoileanna in Ireland)

Anois / Now (August 2026) +

#NearFM (This hashtag had been created by someone else for some time, but as of this month some of

my podcasts are all that is coming up for the hashtag and I don't remember who had the other account

or what happened to it who had initially created the hashtag. I am adding the hashtag to this list as

some of my podcasts are what has the hashtag still registered today, even though I was not the first

person to register it)

Agus anois (Meán Fómhair/September 2026) +

#Gaeloideachas (Irish-language medium education. Also the name of an organisation who work in the

area both within and outside the Gaeltacht)

#Dhúlaigh (City of Dublin FET College Dhúlaigh)

Dáilcheantair / Dáil constituencies:

Dublin / Baile Átha Cliath –

Thuaidh:

#BaileÁthaCliathThiar #BÁCT (Dáilcheantar) / #DublinWest #DubW (Dáil constituency)

#BaileÁthaCliathLáir (Dáilcheantar) / #DublinCentral (Dáil constituency)

#BaileÁthaCliathThiarThuaidh (Dáilcheantar) / #DublinNorthWest (Dáil constituency)

#CuanBhaileÁthaCliathThuaidh (Dáilcheantar) / #DublinBayNorth (Dáil constituency)

#BaileÁthaCliathFineGallThoir (Dáilcheantar) / #DublinFingalEast (Dáil constituency)

#BaileÁthaCliathFineGallThiar (Dáilcheantar) / #DublinFingalWest (Dáil constituency)

Theas:

#BaileÁthaCliathTheasLár (Dáilcheantar) / #DublinSouthCentral (Dáil constituency)

#BaileÁthaCliathThiarMeán (Dáilcheantar) / #DublinMidWest (Dáil constituency)

#CuanBhaileÁthaCliathTheas (Dáilcheantar) / #DublinBaySouth (Dáil constituency)

#BaileÁthaCliathThiarTheas (Dáilcheantar) / #DublinSouthWest (Dáil constituency)

#BaileÁthaCliathRáthAnDúin (Dáilcheantar) / #DublinRathdown (Dáil constituency)

(The area and constituency #DúnLaoghaire tag is already registered)

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#AnMhíThoir (Dáilcheantar) / #MeathEast (Dáil constituency)

#AnMhíThiar (Dáilcheantar) / #MeathWest (Dáil constituency)

#AnLongfortAnIarmhí (Dáilcheantar) / #LongfordWestmeath (Dáil constituency)

#RosComáinGaillimh (Dáilcheantar) / #RoscommonGalway (Dáil constituency)

#GaillimhThoir (Dáilcheantar) / #GalwayEast (Dáil constituency)

#GaillimhThiar (Dáilcheantar) / #GalwayWest (Dáil constituency)

Counties and constituencies also covered:

#LochGarman / #Wexford (Contae dáilcheantar san áireamh / County constituency included)

#PortLáirge / #Waterford (Contae dáilcheantar san áireamh / County constituency included)

#MaighEo / #Mayo (Contae dáilcheantar san áireamh / County constituency included)

(20/43 consituencies above / There are a total of 174 TDs in Ireland as per the 34th Dáil)

01/11/24

Haischlibeanna d'logainmneacha Gaeilge — Youtube

During the week I spent a few hours updating (or rather correcting) a lot of my hashtags on Youtube for my Youtube channels and the Ar Mhuin na Muice Near FM Youtube channel which I administrate.

I mainly formatted them properly just for the as Gaeilge / bilingual podcasts I have done with hashtags of placenames in north Dublin.

Anyway all the below placenames as Gaeilge in these two lists are now registered on Youtube with their own individual pages e.g #AnChúlóg (Coolock). I think there has to be at least 6 videos / podcasts with a tag on Youtube for the tag to register.

Hopefully the nós of adding as Gaeilge placename tags will catch on on Youtube and I won't be surprised if it does / at least somewhat. I remember hearing that the nós was popular on TikTok.

ChatGPT

Facebook

ChatGPT

The As Gaeilge placenames I registered on Youtube and with their own individual pages now include:

Baile Átha Cliath 15 agus Oirdheisceart na Mí / Dublin 15 and South-East Meath:

#CaisleánCnucha / Castleknock

#BaileBhlainséir / Blanchardstown

#CluainSaileach / Clonsilla

#MullachEadrad / Mulhuddart

#LóisteanLabhrais / Laurel Lodge

#CúilMhín / Coolmine

#PlásógnaRós Roselawn

#BaileanChairpintéaraigh / Carpenterstown

#BaileLotrail / Luttrellstown

#BaileanHuntaigh / Huntstown

#BaileanHartaigh / Hartstown

#AnChorrDhubh / Corduff

#BaileanBhlácaigh / Blakestown

#PlásóganDúin / Fortlawn

#AnBealachBeag / Littlepace

#CaisleánanChurraigh / Castlecurragh

#BaileanTirialaigh / Tyrellstown

#PáircHans / Hansfield

#AnCoireán / Waterville

#BaileDama / Damastown

#TobarMuire / Ladyswell

#DúnSinche / #Dunsink

#BaileanBhaspailigh / Westmanstown

#CluainAodha / Clonee

#DúnBúinne / Dunboyne

#DúnSeachlainn / Dunshaughlin

Tuaisceart Bhaile Átha Cliath (+ tuilleadh) / Dublin's Northside (+ more):

#AnChabrach / Cabra
#AnChúlóg / Coolock

#AnChoillMhórThiar / Kilmore West

#AnGhráinseach / Grange

#AnPortThoir / East Wall

#AnSruthánAoibhinn / Bonnybrook

#ArdAidhin / Artane

#AnBaileBocht / Ballybough

#BaileanÁsaigh / Ashtown

#BaileBrigín / Balbriggan

#BaileDúill / Baldoyle

#BaileGhrífín Balgriffin

#BánanAeir / Ayrfield

#BaileHearmann / Harmonstown

#BaileMunna / Ballymun

#BinnÉadair Howth

#CillBharróg / Kilbarrack

#CillEasra / Killester

#CillFhionntain / Sutton

#CluainTarbh / Clontarf

#CnocánDoirinne / Dollymount

#CoillanPhríora / Priorswood

#Darndál / Darndale

#DomhnachBat / Donabate

#DomhnachCearna / Donnycarney

#DomhnachMíde / Donaghmede

#DroimConrach / Drumcondra

#ÉadanMór / Edenmore

#Fionnbhrú / Whitehall

#Fionnghlas / Finglas

#Fionnradharc / Fairview

#GlasNaíon / Glasnevin

#GráinseachGhormáin / Grangegorman

#MullachÍde Malahide

#PáircnanGrás / Grace Park

#BailePhib / Phibsboro / Phibsborough

#PortMearnóg Portmarnock

#RáthEanaigh / Raheny

#Seantrabh / Santry

Nuashonruithe / Updates

I have since tagged a few more as Gaeilge and bilingual podcasts, not only of my stuff but from podcasts from a couple of other people from Near FM as well.

A lot of the hashtags are not registering as they have to-date not been tagged enough – again I think each has to be tagged 6 times to register.

+ I have now retrospectively tagged other podcasts of mine including as Béarla podcasts with as Gaeilge placenames hastags. I am not going to tag the majority of my podcasts going back to 2009 with as Gaeilge placenames hashtags though – only the podcasts that I think merit being tagged like so.

+ Youtube have as of late 2024 seemingly according to ChatGPT changed their hashtags limit from 30 hashtags per video / podcast to 15 – meaning that if we have more than 15 hashtags on a video / podcast none of them will register. I had to change 4 podcasts today because of this but fortunately the change of policy is not retrospective so most of my as Gaeilge podcasts initially tagged with upto 30 hashtags each are still coming up on those as Gaeilge hashtag pages.

+ Youtube have as of late 2026 increased the hashtags limit in video description boxes to 60 which is great dar liom. 😊

Ó 2025 i leith –

Baile Átha Cliath Theas / South Dublin:

#Tamhlacht / Tallaght

#Leamhcán / Lucan

#CluainDolcáin / Clondalkin

#Raghnallach / Ranelagh

#CillMochuda / Kilmacud

#RáthFearnáin / Rathfarnham

#CoillnaSiliní / Cherrywood

#InseChór / Inchicore

#AnCharraigDhubh / Blackrock

#BaileanBhóthair / Booterstown

#StighLorgan / Stillorgan

#Cromghlinn / Crumlin

#Droimeanach / Drimnagh

#DúnDroma / Dundrum

#SéipéalIosóid / Chapelizod

#BailePhámar / Palmerstown

#BaileFormaid / Ballyfermot

#TíranIúir / Terenure

#TeachMealóg / Templeogue

#RáthMaonais / Rathmines

An chuid eile den tír / The rest of the country:

#BailenahAbhann (Very small village in Conamara / Connemara – where TG4 and Cúla4 are based.

The name is also to be found in several other counties too)

#AnMuileanngCearr / Mullingar (County Town of Westmeath)

#BaileÁthaLuain / Athlone

#AnFálCarrach (Gaeltacht town, with substantial number of Irish-speaking residents and visitors, from

what I know. More widely known as Falcarragh)

#AnClochánLiath / Dungloe (Is Baile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta é)

#LeitirCeanainn / Letterkenny (Is Baile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta é)

#BaileDhúnnanGall / Donegal Town (Is Baile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta é)

#DúnFionnachaidh / Dunfanaghy

#NaGleannta / Glenties (Na Gleannta is also a placename in three other Irish counties)

#Leifear / Lifford (County Town of Co. Donegal)

#SrathanUrláir / Stranorlar

#BunCranncha / Buncrana

#BealachFéich / Ballybofey

#CarnDomhnach / Carndonagh

#BéalÁthaSeanaidh / Ballyshannon

#NaCeallaBeaga / Killbegs

#InisEoghain / Inishowen

#CathairnaGaillimhe / Galway City (Is Baile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta é)

#AnSpidéal (Gaeltacht town. More widely known as Spiddal)

#Bearna / Barna

#AnCheathrúRua (Gaeltacht village. More widely known as Carroroe)

#CoisFharraige

#LeitirMóir (Gaeltacht village. More widely known as Lettermore)

#NaForbacha (Gaeltacht village. Where the headquarters of Údarás na Gaeltachta are based

although I believe the area is not a strong Gaeltacht area. More widely known as Furbo maybe)

#RosComáin / Roscommon

#MaighEo / Mayo

#BaileRosComáin / Roscommon Town

#AnCaisleánRiabhach / Castlerea & Castlereagh (An Caisleán Riabhach is also a placename in five

other Irish counties)

#MainistirnaBúille / Boyle

#BéalnamBuillí / Strokestown

#AilFinn / Elphin

#BealachanDoirín / Ballaghaderreen

#BaileanTobair / Ballintober

#AnAirgnigh / Arigna

#DúnGar / Frenchpark