Category: RTÉ Brainstorm
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Latin’s legacy in the Irish language
Latin was the language of the Romans. But it was also much more. It was the language of the elites and eventually also the ordinary people of the entire western Roman Empire. Latin also had a significant impact on the Irish language as well.
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The impact of epidemics in ancient Greece and early Ireland
The Covid-19 crisis is a unique event in all of our lives, but it is by no means unique in human history.
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Did a medieval Irish manuscript uncover a new word of Old Dutch?
It’s not often that medieval Irish manuscripts make the news – and it’s all the more unusual when they feature on Dutch national media.