Hiberno-English is the common speech of Ireland at all social levels. Its continuing vigour and individuality is triumphantly illustrated in Bernard Share’s invaluable Dictionary of Irish slang and colloquial English in Ireland. With upwards of 500 new entries and an almost equal number of additions to existing headwords, this third edition of Slanguage offers a clear challenge to those who argue that there is little to distinguish Hiberno-English as an idiom in its own right.

Doolally, on the batter, Belfast confetti, pure mule, mingi man, crawthumper, cojun box, flag hopper and fecker…come here till I tell you!

Published to accompany the major RTÉ Irish language learning series, presented by Sharon Ní Bheolain.

Turas Teanga will be one of RTÉ's most important television series in 2004 and the book, either in its stand-alone form, or accompanied by three CDs, will be an invaluable resource.