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Focail agus abairtí gearra as Gaeilge do lucht foghlama.

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Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 3d

Bainbh faoi lampa teasa (Iarsmalann Daonchultúir Uladh). #gaeilge

Two week old piglets under a heat lamp.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 3d

Cá bhfuil an púca? #gaeilge

A fly agaric: a orange-red mushroom with white warts.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 6d

Féach ar an gcló álainn ar an bpóstaer seo!

Conradh na Gaeilge @cnagaeilge.bsky.social · 6d

Tá Cartlann Chonradh na Gaeilge ag eagrú ‘Idir Peann & Poblacht’ - oíche ag comóradh na gConraitheoirí a raibh ról lárnach acu in Éirí Amach 1916 & ag céiliúradh ról lárnach Chonradh na Gaeilge in aistear an neamhspleáchais.

📅Amárach
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📍Ionad an Phiarsaigh, BÁC

Fáilte roimh chách!

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 8d

Cé leis atá tú ag rá gur Sasanach é?

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 9d

48? Bheadh 32 go leor!

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 9d

Féach ar an cábóg seo.

Struward🇨🇦 @struward.bsky.social · 9d

Where does it say Irish in the hashtags?

One is a jumble of letters and the other just as indecipherable for most of the world

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 10d

Tá an t-ainmhí seo “dreoilín teaspaigh” sa bhfoclóir, an bhfuil sé sin ceart?

Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 10d

Grasshopper — Babylonia, c. 1750 BCE
Hematite

Statue of a grasshopper done in a stylized kind of condensed form looks great

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 10d

Two images of Sean Penn, one from when he was young, one showing him looking old; the first is labelled "Seán Penn", the second "Sean Penn"

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 10d

Two images of Rita Ora, in the second she wears a cartoon crown; one is labelled "Rita Ora", the other, the one with the crown, "Rí - Ta Ora"

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 11d

Here is a collection of terrible Irish language pun memes I made #gaeilge

Saoirse -> Freedom as Bearla
Daoirse -> Slavery, bondage; servitude, oppression

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 10d

Is é an rud iontach faoin bhfidil ná gur féidir í a úsáid don phost-phunc chomh maith leis an gceol clasaiceach. (The New Eves, Thekla, Bristol, 2025-10) #gaeilge

A woman bathed in red stage light plays violin.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 12d

Ní bheidh a leithéid an arís!

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 12d

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 12d

B’fhéidir go bhfuil siad ag tochailt ar son óir ar an tsráid. #gaeilge

A man operating a digger is scrapping up the top surface of the road.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 12d

Daoine beaga glasa?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Detection of organic compounds in freshly ejected ice grains from Enceladus’s ocean - Nature Astronomy

Fresh ice grains from Enceladus’s plume were analysed during the highest-speed fly-by of the Cassini spacecraft. Organic compounds with a range of chemical structures were discovered, suggesting comprehensive subsurface chemistry on Enceladus.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 13d

An fómhar! #gaeilge

A field where the grass has been recently cut for silage, lines mark where the tractor has been.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 13d

Cé atá ag staidéar cé? (Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam).

A black and white photo of a young Jane Goodall and a chimp.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 14d

An Dánlann is Fearr. #gaeilge

A skull with orange eyes painted on wall, beside it a friendly monster holds a sign that reads "Bricklane is the best gallery".

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 14d

Táim tar éis teacht ar seo ar Lána na mBrící.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 16d

Ná déan iarracht lámh a chroitheadh le lacha mar níl aon lámha aici. #gaeilge

A warning sign painted in the ground shoes the outline of a duck and a hand racing towards it with a red 'not allowed' bar across it.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 18d

Tá an balún ag dul i bhfolach sa scamall. #gaeilge

A hot air balloon disappearing into fog.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 19d

Ag glanadh mo bhuataisí: snas agus scuaba. #gaeilge

A pair of oxblood boots with polish and polishing brushes.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 21d

Iora ramhar! #gaeilge

Tim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 21d

Sadly, there is no Fat Squirrel Week. #wildlife #squirrel

A somewhat plump Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel sitting on a rock.

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 23d

Focal iontach!

Focal an Lae @focalanlae.bsky.social · 23d

Éiríonn an ghrian ag tosú an chomhshamhair fhómhair; díreach 12 uair an chloig go luífidh sí. #gaeilge

Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 23d

Fáinleog ar charraig leis an ngrian ag éirí sa cúlra

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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 24d

www.rte.ie/news/nuacht/...

#CEARTA

Na mílte páirteach inniu i mór-agóid, CEARTA, ar son na teanga

CEARTA: Na mílte páirteach inniu i mór-agóid náisiunta ar son na Gaeilge agus ar son na Gaeltachta, Mhairseáil na mílte ó Chearnóg Pharnell go dtí Teach Laighean