Focal an Lae: Aiteall

Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Aiteall (AT-chal) is the Irish for a break in the rain.

A fine spell between two showers. That Ireland needs a single word for this, and English does not, tells you most of what you need to know about the weather here.

Other days

Meitheal, the day before · Cnoc, the day after

A new Irish word every morning, 386 of them in the round, with the feast days of the Irish year keeping their own. Today’s word. More in the phrases, the names and the place names.