San eagrán seo de Gaeilge Thar Lear, cuirim ceist shimplí: cén fáth nach bhfuil sceitimíní orm faoin gCorn na Domhanda?
Tosaíonn an scéal i 2002 - i Saipan, i gCorcaigh, i dteach mo childminder - agus tugann sé mé tríd na blianta iontacha sin idir 2004 agus 2008, tríd na hirisleabhair FourFourTwo, tríd der Sommermärchen sa Ghearmáin, agus ar aghaidh go Qatar, go 2026, agus go dtí ceist nach bhfuil freagra agam uirthi fós.
Is eagrán é seo faoi spóirt, cuimhne, agus an saghas draíochta a chruthaíonn tú i do cheann agus tú óg. Faoin tslí a mbíonn spóirt níos mó ná spóirt - ina íomhá den domhan, ina nasc le háit, ina chuid de cé thú féin.
Agus faoi mo chailín bheag - atá trí bliana d'aois anois - agus an Corn na Domhanda a bheidh ann di nuair a bheidh sí aon bhliain déag d'aois.
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In this episode of Gaeilge Thar Lear, I ask a simple question: why am I not excited about the World Cup?
The story starts in 2002 - in Saipan, in Cork, in my childminder's house - and takes me through those magical years between 2004 and 2008, through FourFourTwo magazines, through der Sommermärchen in Germany, and on to Qatar, to 2026, and to a question I still cannot fully answer.
This is an episode about sport, memory, and the kind of magic you build in your head when you are young. About the way sport can be more than sport - an image of the world, a connection to a place, a part of who you are.
And about my little girl - three years old now - and the World Cup that will be hers when she turns eleven.
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This episode was inspired by the following newspaper article: https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/03/paul-howard-the-world-cup-is-the-greatest-thrill-ever-as-long-as-you-arent-there/
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