The Irish

what is the irish equivalent of 'bird' (colloq)?

he has a look of the loner behind the goals at an abandoned GAA ground about him alright

I could conceivably be related to 40% of these people

xp your one

Irish bird is v localised imo but beor is the cbar equiv, gurdle out rural, bird is common in dub, yerwan general, 'girl' not uncommon

beor
used widely in limerick.
origin - unknown.
means "girl" or "girlfriend" similar to gangland phrase "bitch"
mossy- " shes a fine beor"

I always thought beor was Limerick-centric, I didn't know it had spread that far north!

I've never even heard of beor!

Byur as pronounced.

Its used from cbar central to ballyheane but only on that vector, not newport or ballina side at all.

It's "doll" in Donegal

Shit i was tryn to remember but we moved when i was twelve so was only comin up with wain which is just 'child'

my line is black Irish - though me hair is rusty brilliant

speaking of Donegal, I'll never forget the fucking revelation I had living with a girl from up there and learning ye call these "go-gos"
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6O0ULRLPdfs/TKzXy1J_wiI/AAAAAAAAFqM/d2o-hBb_q7A/s1600/hair+tie+cliip.JPG

The way they pronounce abhainn was what got me

ha yeah the moment on the Irish oral tape when you heard someone talk and it was Uladh Gaeilge...my God

First day of second class, and me up from gaeltacht acla, useless as fuck with a mouthful of nails

on an unrelated note, my sister has just sent me the quintessential Irish-person-after-a-bit-of-sun line "I'm fine it will be grand tomorrow"

xpost isnt "beor" a traveller Cant word originally?

Might be, might be

and if theyre really good looking its "haunty beor"

In cbar she'd be a feen

do we not acknowledge "wetsers" or

no idea, do tell

http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2014/0402/ireland/gay-penguins-make-perfect-match-263998.html

Has anyone been following the "make up" irish times letters

no...?

do tell

Ok gimme a sec. more than a hint of the flann o'brian letters fiascos about em

Sir, – Perhaps not many of your readers are great users of public transport. Let me therefore point out a rather disconcerting phenomenon now frequently observed on Dublin buses, namely the application of make-up (by ladies). We hear much of health and safety. Is there not a danger that an errant mascara wand could deliver a nasty poke in the eye were a bus to brake suddenly. Then there’s the question of propriety. What next? Nail clipping on the 15B? A little light depilation on the 46A. — Yours, etc,
FRANK BYRNE,

Sir, – I couldn’t agree more with Frank Byrne (Letters, April 1st) regarding women applying make-up on the bus. I had the misfortune recently to be seated beside a young lady who had the audacity to embellish her eyelashes with mascara while I was eating a box of chips and chicken nuggets. Mascara doesn’t go too well with salt and vinegar, or indeed sweet and sour sauce! There was a time when such behaviour wouldn’t have been tolerated. Yours, etc,
PAUL DELANEY,

Sir, – I strongly disagree with Frank Byrne’s views (Letters, April 1st) on the practice of women applying their makeup on public transport.
The application of makeup is an intimate and private moment for women in which they construct their daily mask. The public application of makeup is fascinating, and very modern. To watch a woman apply makeup is profoundly erotic (in the post-Freudian sense).
To suffer these small darts of Eros at a time of day when one is moving into the profoundly mundane space of most white collar work is a privilege. Yours, etc,
LEON SHARKEY,

jumped the sharkey obv

if paul delaney isnt ronan he's not far off him

obv michael white for #3

have we a candidate ilxor for #1?

irrationally angry thread a good place to start id say

holy jaysus Eamon Coghlan as Davy Jones on the Late Late

looking at Aiden Gillen's wikipedia page and saw this

2014 Citizen Charlie Charles J, Haughey Miniseries, pre-production

also features Risteard Cooper in an uncredited role.

yeah Nidge is playing PJ Mara. Christ knows what kind of accent Aido will be attempting for this one

http://www1.evoke.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tom-vaughn-lawlor-pj-mara.jpg

this is actually going to be amazing

http://cdn3.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/article29673070.ece/3e56c/ALTERNATES/h342/NWS_20131019_OPI_014_29325131_I1.JPG

I know mary harney well

please let them stream this live on RTE player worldwide like they do with the Toy Show!

I just pictured him talking to "Maaaaaara" in his Littlefinger accent and lost it.

amazing
http://img.rasset.ie/0008d6c9-642.jpg

The United Kingdom Independence Party has rejected as "nonsense" criticism of the party using an Irish actor in a poster about the impact of immigration on British jobs.

The poster was published last week as the party launched its campaign ahead of elections on 22 May.

It features a builder in hi-viz vest and a hard hat begging on the street next to the slogans "EU policy at work" and "British workers are hit hard by unlimited cheap labour".

But it has emerged the man featured on the poster is Irish actor Dave O'Rourke, prompting Conservative MP Bob Neill to criticise the party.

"British actors are hit hard by unlimited cheap luvvies".

a friend put this up on his FB of an independent Offaly candidate in the '11 election

http://irishelectionliterature.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/jbracken11a.jpg

standard

Theres a fella up on posters here i'll report back as and when

crazy teddy woman remains the gold standard for Irish election posters

crazy teddy woman remains the gold standard for Irish election posters

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Link?

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/237/522242086_6db4c7e333_b_d.jpg

no way is she a child

I am not disappointed.