Michael Moynihan: Snobbery in Cork is like politicking among the palace eunuchs
The term 'Norrie' pops up a little too often for my liking, writes northsider Michael Moynihan
Sunshine at Bell’s Field in Cork City. You have a term particular to Cork, ‘Norrie’, which is a term used sometimes to describe people from the northside of Cork in a derogatory sense. I’ve found it popping up in a few different contexts in recent weeks. File picture: Larry Cummins
Apologies if this is a shade too deep for a Thursday morning. You’re probably rubbing your forehead and asking why he won’t just go back to the gentle lampooning of motorists, or the spittle-flecked rants about the footpath along Albert Road (photos incoming soon).
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