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The Irish word toruidhe or toruighe, meaning "to pursue" or "to hunt", is suggested as the origin for the term Tory. From the 1500s to 1600s, the term Tory first emerged to refer to the Irish who were dispossessed of their lands and took to the woods, forming themselves into bands that subsisted on wild animals and goods taken from settlers. [5]
Portrait of James, Duke of York by Henri Gascar, 1673. As a political term, Tory was an insult (derived from the Middle Irish word tóraidhe, modern Irish tóraí, meaning "outlaw", "robber", from the Irish word tóir, meaning "pursuit" since outlaws were "pursued men") [9] [10] that entered English politics during the Exclusion Bill crisis of 1678–1681.
A term used in anthropology. From Irish tánaiste, secondary person. tilly – (from tuilleadh meaning "a supplement") used in Newfoundland to refer to an additional luck-penny. It is used by James Joyce in the first chapter of Ulysses. tory – Originally an Irish outlaw, probably from the word tóraí meaning "pursuer". trousers – From ...
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The second more direct origin of the current usage comes from 1914 when James Joyce used the Irish slang gas to describe joking or frivolity. During the "Jazz Age," the expression was picked up by ...
The term Tory was an insult that entered English politics during the Exclusion Bill crisis of 1678–1681, which derived from the Middle Irish word tóraidhe (modern Irish: tóraí) meaning outlaw or robber, which in turn derived from the Irish word tóir, meaning pursuit, since outlaws were "pursued men". [47] [48]
(from síbín meaning "a mugful") unlicensed house selling alcohol (OED). shillelagh (from sail éille meaning "a club with a strap") a wooden club or cudgel made from a stout knotty stick with a large knob on the end. Sidhe (Irish pronunciation:) the fairy folk of Ireland, from (aos) sídhe (OED). See banshee. sleveen, sleiveen
Slang used in the Republic of Ireland. Pages in category "Irish slang" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.