A particularly Irish word turned up at America's National Spelling Bee final

Not a bother to them.

There was a nail-biting finish at America’s National Spelling Bee final yesterday as two tweens spelled words that most of us have never even heard of.

After battling 25 rounds head to head, Nihar Janga, from Texas, and Jairam Hathwar, from New York, 13 were eventually crowned co-winners and each awarded a not-so-shabby prize of $40,000.