🪶 Who I Am

I write as Dúchas Quinn, (Dúchas Quinn (pronounced DOO-khass — the middle sound is a gentle, airy “kh,” common in Irish) a name chosen with intention. In Irish, dúchas speaks to heritage, native spirit, and the deep sense of belonging that survives displacement, silence, and time. Quinn honors ancestral threads that wind through Ireland and Scotland — threads that first called me to this work.

My background blends genealogy, psychology, and a lifetime of listening to inherited stories. I have spent decades tracing movements across continents, reading old records alongside family recollections, and noticing how memory shapes identity long before it becomes history.

I am both researcher and storyteller. The facts anchor me; the imagination allows them to live.

Into the Weeds is where those two instincts meet — openly, imperfectly, and honestly.