page_title: Forth and Bargy dialect
section_title: Modern South Wexford English
hierarchical_section_title: Forth and Bargy dialect / Modern South Wexford English
caption_attribution_description: English: Thatched Cottage near Bannow Bay. This cottage on the road down to the beach is typical in style of the older buildings in this area.
context_page_description: The Forth and Bargy dialect, also known as Yola, is an extinct Anglic language once spoken in the baronies of Forth and Bargy in County Wexford, Ireland. It is thought to have evolved from Middle English, which was brought to Ireland during the Norman invasion, beginning in 1169. As such, it was similar to the Fingallian dialect of the Fingal area. Both became extinct in the 19th century, when they were replaced by modern Hiberno-English. The name "Yola" means "old" in the dialect.
context_section_description: Diarmaid Ó Muirithe travelled to South Wexford in 1978 to study the English spoken there. His informants ranged in age between 40 and 90. Among the long list of words still known or in use at that time are the following:
  Amain: ‘going on amain’ = getting on well
  Bolsker: an unfriendly person
  Chy: a little
  Drazed: threadbare
  Fash: confusion, in a fash
  Keek: to peep
  Saak: to sunbathe, to relax in front of the fire
  Quare: very, extremely
  Wor: seaweed
  Amain is a Norman word which means 'of easy use'
caption: Traditional thatched cottage near Bannow Bay in Bargy
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