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A brogue (/ b r oʊ ɡ /) is a regional accent or dialect, especially an Irish accent in English. [1]The first use of the term brogue originated around 1525 to refer to an Irish accent, as used by John Skelton, [2] and it still, most generally, refers to any (Southern) Irish accent.
The brogue (derived from the Gaeilge bróg , and the Gaelic bròg for "shoe") [1] [2] is a style of low-heeled shoe or boot traditionally characterised by multiple-piece, sturdy leather uppers with decorative perforations (or "broguing") and serration along the pieces' visible edges.
Brogan-like shoes, called "brogues" (from Old Irish "bróc" meaning "shoe"), were made and worn in Ireland and Scotland as early as the 16th century, and the shoe type probably originated in Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were used by the Scots and the Irish as work boots to wear in the wet, boggy Scottish and Irish countryside. [ 3 ]
“What in the name of Cirque de Soleil is going on in the garden today?” asks the farmer in this video in a delightful Irish brogue, as he comes upon a paddock in which a goat is seen standing ...
For McArdle — a Scotsman best known for his work on stage and TV, here adopting a convincing Irish brogue — his first big-screen lead announces him as a thinking person’s charmer in the ...
Brady’s and the Irish Center. Those were the places. Now it is Brady, 44, married with a young family, who is being mourned, shot and killed Wednesday evening outside his restaurant, at 751 E ...
brehon – A judge of ancient Irish law. From Irish breitheamh. brogue – (from bróg meaning "shoe") a type of shoe (OED). brogue – A strong regional accent, especially an Irish; callow – A river meadow, a landing-place, from Irish caladh. camogie – From Irish camóg, small hooked object, a camogue.
The Rev. Patrick Killilea, Kalaupapa’s priest and de facto tour guide, welcomed the Toyofukus in his Irish brogue after their plane touched down on a recent day. They climbed into his Toyota ...