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A shillelagh (/ ʃ ɪ ˈ l eɪ l i,-l ə / shil-AY-lee, -lə; Irish: sail éille or saill éalaigh [1] [ˌsˠal̠ʲ ˈeːlʲə], "thonged willow") is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top.
(from sean-bhean bhocht meaning "poor old woman") a literary name for Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries. shebeen (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
Shillelagh (Irish: Síol Éalaigh) is a barony in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. Etymology. Shillelagh barony derives its name from the Síol Elaigh, a local ...
shebeen – (from síbín meaning "illicit whiskey, poteen", apparently a diminutive of síob, which means drift, blow, ride) unlicensed house selling alcohol (OED). shillelagh – (from sail éille meaning "a beam with a strap") a wooden club or cudgel made from a stout knotty stick with a large knob on the end.
Meanings. The word may have been coined as a compound of the roots l ... Sometimes it descended to the lowest depths, to the caubeen and the shillelagh, ...
Shillelagh – a wooden club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty stick with a large knob on the end, that is associated with Ireland in folklore Slapjack – a variation of the blackjack consisting of a longer strap which lets it be used like a flail , and can be used as a club or for trapping techniques as seen in the use of nunchaku ...
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Shillelagh may also refer to: Places in Ireland. Shillelagh, County Wicklow, a village; Shillelagh (barony), an administrative unit of County Wicklow; Other uses