AND to continue on with ideas to stop your brain turning to porridge while you are pent up at home, there is always the television (or computer if you are that way inclined.
BBC Gaeilge has a collection of some of the programmes they have produced recently - nearly all worth a watch.
There is the inspirational tale of the setting up of Ireland’s first urban Gaeltacht on Belfast’s Shaw’s Road.
The Irish Houses is a two-part series which traces the seminal events that gave birth to the revival of the Irish language throughout the north of Ireland.
It is essential viewing for anyone to wants to understand the roots of the Irish language community in Belfast and beyond.
Ask anyone who knows anything about traditional music and they’ll tell you that the standard of playing and musicianship amongst the younger generation has gone through the roof.
The proof can be seen in another BBC Gaeilge series Trad ar Fad which is available on the player.
Calling itself “a celebration of young folk and traditional music talent from Ulster and beyond” the series features the likes of Cúig, Réalta, The Friel Sisters and Niall Hanna.
Toraigh: Creag Bheag i Lár na Farraige tells the story of Tory Island off the north Donegal Coast and its continuing struggle to maintain its living community faced with the beautiful but brutally unforgiving nature of the Wild Atlantic Way and the seeming indifference of the outside world.
The programme is also a poignant tribute to the island’s king, Patsy Dan Mac Ruairí who died during the filming of the one-off documentary.
One of the most successful programmes that BBC Gaeilge made last year was Ar Lorg Annie in which reporter Kevin Magee hunted for the Irish paintings of American artist Rockwell Kent.
As well as the paintings he uncovers lifelong friendships and a romance that survived the Cold War.
Beidh Aonach Amárach is a series that invites you to “witness the tension and fun as we join the competitors going for glory at country shows and fairs throughout Ireland” from the Puck Fair in County Kerry to the Ould Lammas Fair in Ballycastle-O.
And there is a lot more besides so your period of self-isolation might not be as tedious as you thought.