A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of EnglishT. P. Dolan, Terence Patrick Dolan Drawing on the resources of a recently-established Hiberno-English website hosted by UCD, this new edition of A Dictionary of Hiberno-English has been extensively revised and updated From the reviews of the first edition: The Guardian Tom Paulin Terry Dolan s A Dictionary of Hiberno-English . . . is a pioneering work of scholarship which ascertains the nature of English as it is spoken and written in Ireland. I see it as one of the foundation stones of a new civic culture in the island. Irish News Owen Kelly . . . Professor Dolan s excellent dictionary, where you find such gems as hallion and at the heel of the hunt sitting comfortably with the Irish and English origins of much of our speech, is a significant contribution. " |
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Common terms and phrases
affectionate name Angela's Ashes Bodhrán called Cavan CÉILÍ child Clare Collected Poems Collegians colloq Cork Dark dial Dialect Dictionary dimin Donegal drink Dublin DUDEEN E dial EDD s.v. English Farewell Companions Finnegans Wake GAA games Galway girl give Glenanaar Griffin Healy Heaney Hiberno-English Hogan Ireland Irish word Joyce Kavanagh Kerry Kickham Kildare Knocknagow Language Leitrim Leonard Limerick look Macafee Mary Mayo McCourt meaning Meath milk n.phr n.pl never night Nineteen Acres O'Casey ODEE Omurethi origin obscure p.part pejor person phrase poor potatoes priest pronunciation proverb púca Rosary Seán Sheehan Six Irish Sligo Snake's Pass someone Stoker suffix talk Tarry Flynn term of endearment There's Tipperary turf Ulster Ulster Scots Ulysses usage verb Waterford Wexford woman