Focal an Lae: Plámás

Saturday, 17 October 2026

Plámás (plaw-MAWS) is the Irish for flattery, soft talk.

The particular kind of smooth praise used to get something out of you. To be plámásach is to lay it on, and an Irish person will spot it in a sentence.

Other days

Sióg, the day before · Gaoth, 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.