Photograph: Bullock Brothers/Sean Sexton/Getty 16. Capt Charles Boycott, agent for the absentee Mayo landlord Lord Erne during the Land War of 1878-1909. Possibly originating from the Irish “póca”, as in your pocket, or what’s in it.Ī history of Ireland in our favourite words: 16 – Boycott. TradĪ shortening of “traditional” an entire music scene. It's common here for people to buy a round for the group, then the next round is on the next person." They left out the social ostracisation and lifelong character assassination that can follow for those who don't get the round in. RoundĪccording to Condé Nast Traveler's article "How not to look like a tourist at an Irish pub", "If you go out in a group with a bunch of Irish people, watch for your companions buying rounds. The Middle English word “bigrucchen” meant “to grumble about” the Irish made “begrudge” a noun.Īn Béal Bocht, the novel that Brian O’Nolan published in 1941 as Myles na gCopaleen, parodied the miserylit of Peig and An t-Oileánach, but “to put on the poor mouth” was an expression before na gCopaleen also parodied the title of An Béal Beo, Tomás Ó Máille’s 1936 collection of Irish words and phrases. BegrudgeryĪpparently still the default Irish disposition when greeted with another’s success and happiness. Conor Cruise O’Brien coined it as his pithy take on Charlie Haughey’s response to the discovery of the murderer Malcolm Macarthur in the attorney general’s home in 1982. The acronym for “grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented” can now refer to any political or legal wrangling. Charlie Haughey, whose response to the discovery of the murderer Charles Macarthur in the attorney general’s home, in 1982, Conor Cruise O’Brien turned into the acronym. Perhaps nowhere was the concept of the shebeen more embraced than in South African townships, where they are an important part of the social and cultural landscape.Ī history of Ireland in 100 words: 2 – Gubu. Shebeenįrom the Irish “síbín”, this is the first of many words in this list related to general divilment and rúla búla. Which words did the Irish invent for our own use, and which ones travelled around the globe? From words emerging from the Irish language via Hiberno-English classics to unexpected words coined by Irish people, this history of Ireland in 90 words covers everything from anatomy and gambling to avocados.
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