Focal an Lae: Flaithiúil

Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Flaithiúil (FLA-hool) is the Irish for generous, open-handed.

From flaith, a prince, so to be flaithiúil is to give the way a prince gives. It survives in Hiberno-English as flahool, said of somebody who will not let you pay for anything.

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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.