Focal an Lae: Cnoc

Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Cnoc (knuck) is the Irish for a hill.

One of the words hiding inside the map. Every Knock in the country is a cnoc, from Knockmealdown to Knocknarea, and the K is pronounced in Irish.

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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.