Colm O'Regan: You wouldn’t think much happened in Ireland before Italia 90 but they did some things right

It’s calming to be doing something. I’m fretting mad about work drying up and needing to “make use of the time” given to us by the Shutdown, writes Colm O’’Regan

It’s one of those Irish words that feels like it has meaning coiled into it like a hidden dimension. DÚCHAS. Pronounced TH(as in then) — OOOKHH-USSSS . It means heritage or instinct but also how that heritage/instinct informs who you are now. It’s a powerful Richard-Harris-in-The-Field of a word. A Grainnuaile of a thing. If it is said by someone who has trained in the Abbey Theatre, made puppets for Macnas or the original Leigh Anois Go Churamach Na Treoracha Agus Na Ceisteanna a Ghabhann le chuid AAAAA-Man, it has magical powers.