CaoimhínSF wrote:
How about this as a possibility?
Tá cumha orm i ndiaidh mo dhúchais
I long for my [home town/homeland/native place]
In that case, I'd suggest
dúiche or
dúthaigh, rather than
dúchas:
Tá cumha orm i ndiaidh mo dhúiche.or
Tá cumha orm i ndiaidh mo dhúthaigh.I'd interpret
Tá cumha orm i ndiaidh mo dhúchais more as "I long for my heritage".
Although it can refer to a place,
dúchas is more the abstract concept of "heritage" and can even mean "(going back to) one's old ways or habits".
For a place, I think you'd normally clarify
dúchas with a place noun
baile dúchais "native home/home town",
áit dhúchais "native place",
tír dhúchais "native land", etc.
So another possibility is:
Tá cumha orm i ndiaidh mo bhaile dúchais. "I long for my native home."
Dúiche (and
dúthaigh) specifically refers to such a place. I've also heard it in the diminutive, as
dúthaighín:
Tá cumha orm i ndiaidh mo dhúichín/dhúthaighín.