The Joe Finnegan show decided to talk about our favourite Irish sayings this week following on from a recent Irish Times article by Journalist Paul Clements.
In the piece which appeared in the Times on Sept 24th last Longford and more specifically Ballinamuck is referred to as the place of origin for the old saying "a big hushion of a man or woman” which apparently stemmed from the fact that the German Hessian cavalry were part of the British forces at the Battle of Ballinamuck and were heavily built.
Author and blogger Ronan Moore, and former Leitrim librarian and author Sean O' Suilleabhain joined Joe on the show to debate our love of certain sayings, and how they might have originated.
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