Focal an Lae: Dúchas

Thursday, 15 October 2026

Dúchas (DOO-khas) is the Irish for heritage, native instinct.

Not just heritage but the thing in you that comes from where you are from. Briseann an dúchas trí shúile an chait: nature breaks out through the eyes of the cat.

The Schools' Folklore Collection

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Ceo, the day before · Sióg, 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.