75: #75 | Class Clown: #WhyIrish and Motherfocloir Duolingo Clubs

Published: Jan. 25, 2019, 12:03 p.m.

b"Where's Darach? He's not in the studio today, so \\xc9imear and Gear\\xf3id\\xedn are running riot, throwing paper aeroplanes across the Headstuff classroom and talking loudly.\\n\\nDuring her curation of the @motherfocloir account in January, \\xc9imear asked Twitter followers to tell her what drove their interest in Irish under the hashtag #WhyIrish. It was trending on Irish Twitter within hours. She tells Gear\\xf3id\\xedn all about it and the Duolingo classes and groups what were created on foot of it. There are also hedgehogs, handsome Norwegian architects and a man on the run from the law.\\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"