Are things holy because we need them or do we need them because they're holy? This is something that we consider on this week's episode when holy wells are discussed. Are the legends and myths about holy wells just a roundabout way of explaining what thei

And what of Irish poetry - are the best known Irish poems well understood? What is the most searched for Irish poem anyway?

Darach, Peadar and Gearóidín started to talk about baile/bally- placenames in this week's episode but that journey took many turns, including trains and eels.

Darach, Gearóidín and Peadar discuss the latest baby name stats and try to get to the bottom of it all.

Darach and Peadar discuss the phenomenom of turscar, or spam as Gaeilge.

Darach and Peadar discuss the history of this term "Emerald Isle", and its appearance in "When Erin First Rose"

Sinéad Mercier, co-author of "The Men Who Eat Ringforts", drops in to tell Darach and Peadar all about these structures which link Ireland to its past.

Could the word slíbhín - a sly, sneaky so-and-so - possibly come from the word sliabh, meaning a mountain? Are mountain folk really that cunning, or do the people from counties with many a sliabh (counties where more Irish was historically spoken) just ha

Darach, Gearóidín and Peadar consider islands. Is Ireland an island?

In the first of a set of episodes, Darach, Gearóidín and Peadar look at some of the recurring features in Irish placenames. This week it's Cill and Coill.