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Common terms and phrases
Antrim arse asked auld Ballinalee Barny Belfast better bread Brendan Behan cake called Cavan child church mice Clare Cootehall Cork corncrake dacent dance daughter dead devil divil door drink drisheens drunk Dublin face farmer father fellow fight Galway gave girl give goin gulpin hand head heard hell Hill of Allen hills Inishowen Ireland Irish speak English jeel Kerry lady Laois Longford look Lough Lough Erne Lough Neagh married means minic mother mountain goat mouth never night Offaly Paddy Padraic person pooka poor potatoes quare remark reply road sayings and expressions spuds stick talk tell there's thick thing tinker Tipperary told tongue took Ulster walking Waterford What's wind woman word yer reverence young