A lacheko -I'm not sure of the spelling- is some sort of a ne'er do well . I heard a man using the word yesterday in Dublin and was wondering if anybody knows anything about its origins. Is it known outside of Ireland? You don't hear the word used very often nowadays .

Somebody once told me that he had heard a song called the Lacheko with a chorus that started with :

"And they called him The Lacheko "

I've never come acroos this song myself ,has anybody else? .He said he thought it might have been by the Dubliners .