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It's Referendum Day, and given the massive task of counting votes that is ahead of us, what better time to chat about the way counting works in Irish? It's all especially intriguing as the way we count people is different than the counting of mere objects and beasts.\n\nPeadar tells Darach about Irish dancing, the link in counting between uimhir a s\xe9 and the s\xe9imhi\xfa and the mysteries of plural nouns in both languages. Also, Darach has an epiphany about 1980s children's telly.\n\n--- \n\nContact the show at https://twitter.com/motherfocloir or email us at motherfocloir@headstuff.org.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices