Oisín O’Mahony
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Growing Up Between Two Worlds – “An Glúin Imníoch”
This piece is adapted from an episode of my Irish-language podcast, Gaeilge Thar Lear, recorded after reading Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation. A Celtic Tiger Childhood I was born in 1991, which makes me, depending on who you ask, either… Continue reading
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The Tales That Really Mattered
Back on the Commute For five years I worked from home. I live in Bonn but my office is in Cologne — about an hour door to door when the trains are behaving themselves, which, on the stretch between Bonn… Continue reading
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What Could Have Happened to You in High School that Would Have Changed the Course of your Life.
This essay title comes from a book I bought several years ago called “642 Things to Write About” and is hopefully the first of many prompts I will use to write. 88%. I can still see it clearly to this… Continue reading
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Why New Years Eve Leaves Me Cold
Outside, the cheers are going around, and I can hear the fireworks. The explosion and colour are all around, and the smoke fills the air. Downstairs, I can hear the television hosts clinking small glasses of champagne to celebrate. However,… Continue reading
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Raising Bilingual Children – Expectations & Realities
This is a blog about the challenges of raising young children with multiple languages in the house. It compares the expectations versus the messy realities. Bain sult as. Continue reading
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Why I Started an Irish Language Podcast: Gaeilge Thar Lear
Podcasts are so simple. In a world of complex technology and rapid innovation, podcasts are incredibly basic. Podcasts simply involve listening to one person, two people, or a small group discuss topics they are passionate about. Podcasts are only limited… Continue reading
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Advice for Future Fathers
Hey, soon-to-be-dads and those considering this road in the future. Becoming a dad is a truly incredible thing, and it is a big step. I did not really think about it too much before taking the step, and to be… Continue reading
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The Unexpected Joys of Learning Dutch
Dutch is an unusual language to learn as a native English speaker because the Dutch are known for speaking brilliant English. As a non-native English-speaking population, they have amongst the best levels of English in the world. It is improbable… Continue reading
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How I Discovered Professional Cycling
In the last few years, professional road cycling has become the sport I most actively follow. For most of my life, it was football (“soccer”) and the GAA, but in recent times, professional cycling has been the one I have… Continue reading
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How I Turned Running into a Habit
I started running during the start of the Coronavirus pandemic – right at the start of it, in March 2020 – and now I run about 100km a month. Over the last 5 years, according to Strava I have run… Continue reading
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