Camogie makes an appearance on Countdown

Well, there’s a turn-up for the books - the Irish word ’camogie’ made it into that bastion of the English language, Countdown, last week.

The unusual appearance of an Irish word on the show was spotted by Erin Go Bragh GAA club from Erdington, who posted it to Twitter. We went and hunted it down from last Wednesday's show - and yep, there it is, even if the contestants couldn't gather it themselves.

Poor Alex could only get "Mage" for four, while Jordan managed "Hoagie for six". It took the eagle-eyed ladies in the dictionary corner to educate the British public about the wonderful seven-letter game.