#bloctg4

[bloctg4]

please share the setanta gossip video you put on IG here, i know the tumblr nerds will appreciate it and i want to share it with them 💚

ÚÚÚÚÚÚÚÚ yass

d'athraigh setanta a ainm? slé!

#físeán #vid #gaeilge #gaeilgeblr #blocblr #irish #bloc tg4 #irish language #irish langblr #bloctg4 #tg4 #meme #sketch #irish mythology #irish history #setanta #cu chulainn #cú chulainn #táin bó cúailnge #an táin #irish folklore #mythology #celtic #celtic mythology #folklore

[granolagaeilgeoir]

ní dúirt duine ar bith dom go bhful blogtg4 ar Tumblr anois, táim chomh sásta lol. Caithfidh an Ghaeilge ionradh a dhéanamh ar Tumblr

#tg4 #bloctg4 #gaeilge

[not-that-debonair]

so fun to see all of Irish tumblr collectively freak out (positively) about the emergence of bloctg4

#bloctg4 #tg4

[briosca-sa-speir]

Hello there ! Sorry i do not speak irish for now but i do speak breton daily and currently learning welsh. Irish is the next step ! I'm looking for blogs about the celtic languages but through the tags it's a bit hard, there's so many posts. Would you have recommandations for me please ? Mersi bras dit !

Off the top of my head (and in no particular order), @gaeilge-rules @tiarnanabhfainni @bloctg4 @poesimark @duine-aiteach @not-that-debonair @soracities @irishshauna @fainne-geal-an-lae @hibernia-1 @trans-cuchulainn @sraithpics @ravenlesslangblr @toinghaeilge

Ádh mór le do thuras teanga <3

#for those of you i missed pls feel free to tag yourself!!! #bosca poist

[dullahandyke]

[ID: the first image is a screenshot of my notifications, which shows that BlocTG4 has started following me. The second is the Beyonce meme, edited so that she shouts, "TG4?!"]

UM. DIA DHUIT?

#context: tg4 (tee gee cyah-her) is irelands irish language media #like. the government funded irish media which is channel 4 on all irish tellies #and bloc is like their teen division iirc #so um. dia dhuit mo chara ach cén fath. cén fath.

[irelandseyeonmythology]

Dia duit! Do you happen to know of any other blogs about Irish culture and language that aren't racist about it?

Dia is Muire Duit! 

Embarrassingly, I don’t interact with all that many other people who do this sort of thing, mainly for 3 reasons: 

(1) Professional distancing -- Small field, everyone knows each other, which means that if I find anyone or anyone finds me, there’s a not-small chance that we know one another IRL. There’s a reason my palms get a little sweaty when I think about new people coming into Tumblr, and a solid portion of that’s that I don’t want....too much attention on what I do here and, especially, not on my main. (Which I know is the equivalent of holding up a meat stick to a bunch of dogs and going “DO YOU WANT THE MEAT STICK?”) I can’t really vent about my department on main anymore simply because, even though names aren’t attached to things, it’s ridiculously easy to narrow me down if you know what to do. I don’t think I’m doing anything wrong, but there’s a difference between Me On Here VS Me in a Professional Context, and it’s been difficult to try to make that sort of...shift from being a shitposting teenager to suddenly being an Academic™. (But also, I don’t want people to think I’m unapproachable, either -- rule of thumb is “Mutually Assured Destruction.” You know I’m on Tumblr, I know you’re on Tumblr, and we both never mention it.)

(2) Wanting to distance myself a little from what I do Every Day -- Posting on here and interacting with people who are willing to seek me out on here is fine, I like that, I enjoy doing it, I enjoy everyone who follows me, but it’s much more on my terms here. (Hence the inconsistent posting schedule.) When I was younger, before this was my job, I could be around it constantly, and it was a lot of fun, but now it’s like....it’s a Lot, now that it’s my actual life. I check in on the Irish Mythology tag every once in a while, but I can’t really follow it like I used to just because it’s this constant state of *engagement* for me, in a way that, say, French musicals that three people in the world like don’t have. 

Brain tired, brain needs nappy. 

(3) I’ve seen some people on here, when I’ve looked into blogs to follow be....well. Bitches. Especially re: Americans taking this on and, as an American myself who is very serious about my line of work, it does. Rather sting. (I have a lot of complex opinions on the whole business that I won’t get into now, but the tldr is that I get why people can be hesitant, especially with the borderline fetishization of Ireland in the States but, at the same time, the effect is often scaring people who have a genuine interest in this sort of thing away and, when it comes to an endangered language....the more people we have taking the time to learn it, the better.) (But also, if you imply that my degree, which I got from an *Irish* uni is worthless, the claws will come out. I made a lot of sacrifices for that....glorious....piece of poster board in Latin.)

BUT. BUT. 

I do have a few. I want to emphasize that these aren’t all the Good People who do Irish Things on Tumblr, these are just the ones, off the top of my head, I can think of. 

@trans-cuchulainn Excellent resource on the Ulster Cycle, A+ shitposts

@finnlongman Another Ulster Cycle specialist 

@ad-ciu A former colleague and friend of mine, one of the only human beings in the world I trust with Mythological Cycle content. Not on as much these days because they’re doing things like “schoolwork” and “having a life” and “getting a PhD”, but genuinely a wonderful person to follow so you can catch when they do post. 

@amylouioc Wonderful artwork inspired by medieval Irish lit, explicitly anti-racist, multicultural Tuatha Dé, Nuada is a snacc. 

@forfeda-project Another A+ art blog, am considering getting their pub shirt for Fled Bricrenn to wear at conferences. 

@bloctg4 Shitposts in the Irish language, brought to you by Ireland’s own Irish-speaking TV station (or, rather, an intern at said TV station.)

Just want to emphasize -- I definitely don’t believe these are the only non-racist Irish themed blogs on Tumblr, these are just the ones that came to mind, especially since these days I’m the social media equivalent of a hag hanging out in a little cave, sometimes poking my head out to drop a shitpost before returning, shaking my head and muttering. 

[fainne-geal-an-lae]

Alright lads, from one Connemarran to the other, cén chaoi ina bhfuil sibh? @bloctg4

[londubhgaeilge]

Chun an fhírinne a rá, is é @bloctg4 mé a leanúint ar tumblr an t-aon chúis go bhfuil mé as mo hiatus tbh

#gaeilge #ar ais arís baby #failte

[vocaloid-as-gaeilge]

AAAAA, thosaigh bloctg4 ag lean mo chuntas! Táim ar mhuin na muice!!!

#irish #gaeilge #ireland #tg4

[1hellofacookie]

thug mé faoi deara go díreach go bhfuil @bloctg4 ag leanúint orm?? Is mutuals muid?? :0 is aoibhinn liom é sin!

#this is wild?? #also i think you followed me a while ago already but i just now saw it #also #gabh mo leithscéal #I'm still just learning irish so there might be mistakes #this is mostly trial error and a lot of guessing #cookie as gaeilge #gaeilge

[theskeletondetective]

LEAIDS??? @bloctg4

Cén chaoi ina bhfuil sibh??

#an bhfuil sibh ag léanúint ar gach gaeilgeoir ar an suíomh seo? #the gasp i let out #i didnt get this kind of recognition on twitter bless #gaeilge

[bloctg4]

grá mo chroí, twilight clapsholas <3

seachtain fandom: lá 2!

cuir d'iarratas isteach - cén fandom ar cheart dom a aistriú?!

(send your request - what fandom should i translate??)

lá a haon: she-ra sí-ra lá a dó: twilight clapsholas lá a trí: ??? lá a ceathair: ??? lá a cúig: ??? lá a sé: ??? lá a seacht: ???

cuir d'iarratas isteach - cén fandom ar cheart dom a aistriú?!

(send your request - what fandom should i translate??)

#seachtain fandom #you nicknamed my daughter after the loch ness monster?! #twilight #the twilight saga #the twilight renaissance #bella swan #twilight saga #edward cullen #jacob black #breaking dawn #gaeilge #gaeilgeblr #blocblr #irish #bloc tg4 #irish language #irish langblr #bloctg4 #tg4

[granolagaeilgeoir]

TÁ BLOCTG4 DO MO LEANÚINT AHH

#tá brú orm anois do mo chuid scileanna Ghaelach #gaeilge

[not-that-debonair]

An bomaite is mó a bhfuil mé mórálach as 💕

[ID: A screen shot from a tumblr activity page, reading ‘bloctg4 started following not-that-debonair.’]

[CÍ: Sceat scáileáin ó leathanach gníomhaíochta Tumblr. Tá ‘bloctg4 started following not-that-debonair’ scríofa ar.]

#gaeilge #bloctg4 #irish #image described #cur síos déanta #glad to see a load of other Irish blogs having the same experience xx

[tootiredforaname]

Buíochas le dia go bhfuil TG4 public service so tá cead againn interact le @bloctg4 gan ciontacht

#níl sé ar an leibhéal céanna le like. wendys or something #gaeilge

[dullahandyke]

Following Irish revitalization initiatives on social media is incredibly fun I love it. I'm writing this post bcos bloctg4 subbed the catradora kiss scene and put it on my dash. Absolute blindsider what the fuck. Never stop