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Thread #64952   Message #1354041
Posted By: GUEST
11-Dec-04 - 12:37 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Black Irish: Etymological Consensus?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Black Irish: Etymological Consensus?
Although it just occurred to me that there is an Irish equivalent term for 'lace curtain Irish' which would be the term 'West Brit'. And maybe the derogatory use of the term 'Dublin 4' to describe a 'West Brit'.

Anyway, they are largly equivalent to the American Irish term 'lace curtain Irish'.