DO you know what or who a “piollardaí” is? Or have you ever used the phrase “as tough as Táthfhéithleann’?
These and hundreds of other Irish words and phrases were once in common usage in Athea and West Limerick, peppering everyday conversations and being called on for vivid and apt descriptions of people or situations.
Now, many are long forgotten or have fallen out of everyday use. But they have fascinated retired schoolmaster Timmy Woulfe all his life, picking them up from his parents and grandparents and from his neighbours.
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Photographs by Brendan Gleeson
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