No Béarla Series 1, Episode 1.
What it is
The first episode of the Irish TV series No Bearla, in which native Irish speaker Manchan Magan travels around Ireland trying to get by using only Irish. It documents the highs and lows of the attempt.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in threads on minority languages as a funny but sad look at how hard it is to live in Irish.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2020, last 2025
What HN commenters said
“There's a funny TV series that explores how useful the Iris”
Funny series on how useful Irish is.
DiogenesKynikos, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “The many languages missing from the internet”
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Topics: irish, minority languages, ireland, language revival, documentary series
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