Focal an Lae: Dún

Monday, 26 October 2026

Dún (doon) is the Irish for a fort.

A fort or a stronghold, and it starts a long list of place names: Dún Laoghaire, Dundalk, Donegal, which is Dún na nGall, the fort of the foreigners.

Other days

Spraoi, the day before

A new Irish word every morning, 386 of them in the round, with the feast days of the Irish year keeping their own. More in the phrases, the names and the place names.