Appetite For Distraction

We have Paddy’s Day and The Gloaming to blame for the re-igniting of my interest in learning Irish. But I wish Duolingo would tell me what the bean is doing in the cuisneoir

Iarla Ó Lionaird: inspiring a resurgence in Emer’s interest in the Irish language Pic: Claudia Hoehne

I mentioned last week that I was giving Duolingo as gaeilge another go. It was the whiff of St Patrick in the air and the fact that I had attended two Gloaming concerts in six days and had caught myself mouthing phonetically along with Iarla Ó Lionaird after three glasses of wine.

If you had cut my veins open, my blood would have run emerald in the streets and tasted of McDaid’s Football ...