Focal an Lae: Sioc

Friday, 23 October 2026

Sioc (shuck) is the Irish for frost.

The white morning that ends the growing year. Sioc bán is hoar frost, and the first of it is the sign that the land is going to sleep.

Other days

Cumha, the day before · Bróg, 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.