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Jun 21, 2007

This week's theme
Toponyms coined after places in Ireland

This week's words
donnybrook
limerick
blarney
shillelagh
carrageen

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shillelagh or shillalah

noun: A cudgel, traditionally made of blackthorn or oak.

[After Shillelagh, a village in County Wicklow, Ireland, famous for its oaks.]

"Ultimately, Ballymore is Finnegan's dramatic shillelagh that prods us to wonder how we'll feel about our own hometowns years hence when they become cold and empty."
Peter Rusland; Reel Nice Effort by Merc Crew; News Leader and Pictorial (Duncan, Canada); Jun 2, 2007.

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