Corkonian

English Etymology From en Cork + -onian (in, e.g., en Devonian, en Oxonian, en Ultonian).n. and adj. 1 4918890074 Pronunciation en /kɔːˈkəʊ.ni.ən/ RP en /kɔɹˈkoʊ.ni.ən/ GA en əʊniən 4 Adjective en Ireland Of, relating to, or characteristic of Cork. en 1852 July The Corkonians, Past and Present The Dublin University Magazine,a Literary and Political Journal. XL CCXXXV Dublin James McGlashan,50 Upper Sackville-St.; London: William Somerville Orr 120 https://archive.org/details/sim_university-magazine_1852-07_40_235/page/120/mode/1up 1–2 5793274 But there is nothing malevolent in the Corkonian mode of levying toll upon old residents and new comers; priests with frowning faces, and queer-looking little boys with funny ones, and a miscellaneous lot of noisy patriots always going to shout and hear others shout at “the meeting,” are constant and prominent features in Corkonian life. en 1879 April David D. Porter The Chinese in America—Present and Future, Etc. The United Service. A Quarterly Review of Military and Naval Affairs. I II Philadelphia, Pa. Lewis Randolph Hamersly & Co. 311 https://archive.org/details/sim_united-service-a-quarterly-review-of-military-and-naval_1879-04_1_2/page/311/mode/1up 243881534 Then every one was complaining about the high price of labor, and it was supposed that a Chinese “nurseman,” at two dollars and a half a month, would be a decided improvement over a French bonne with watery eyes and a Corkonian accent, and that a cook who could make at least tolerable dishes at four dollars a month would be better than one who charged seventy-five dollars for the privilege of spoiling provisions. en 31 May 1934 Daniel Florence Cohalan Two Sons of ‘Rebel Cork’: Tim Healy and Michael Collins; Judge Cohalan’s Fine Tribute Irish IndependentIreland’s National Newspaper. Incorporating the “Freeman’s Journal.” 43 129 Dublin 10 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1051361483/ 7 0021-1222 500345272 I have no hesitation in saying that I would put first in this last generation among the Irishmen who remained in Ireland, and rendered great service to the National cause, two men, each typically Corkonian to the fingertips, with the gifts and qualities and virtues that mark them out among their fellows. en 4 July 2012 Valerie O’Sullivan From Reenaree to Buramino … with lots of love from Mary T Murphy https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-kerryman-north-kerry/20120704/page/30/textview w:The Kerryman North & West Kerry Tralee, County Kerry 30 https://t.prcdn.co/img?file=61452012070400000000001001&page=30&scale=67 5 0791-704X 1065237062 Mary is universally loved. When I put this to her, her reply is modest, and typically Corkonian: “Ah, will ye stop.” Noun en Ireland A native or inhabitant of Cork. en 1852 July The Corkonians, Past and Present The Dublin University Magazine,a Literary and Political Journal. XL CCXXXV Dublin James McGlashan,50 Upper Sackville-St.; London: William Somerville Orr 119–120 https://archive.org/details/sim_university-magazine_1852-07_40_235/page/119/mode/1up 5793274 Vivacious and versatile, beyond the average even of Irishmen, the Corkonians mingle raillery with their hospitality, and cut up cattle and human nature with a trenchant ease and constant energy, as if they had taken a government contract to victual the State with beef and satire, fresh jokes and pickled pork at the same time. 105 To the sellers in the market, to the barmen and barmaids, to the beggars who importuned him for a lob Mr Dedalus told the same tale, that he was an old Corkonian, that he had been trying for thirty years to get rid of his Cork accent up in Dublin and that Peter Pickackafax beside him was his eldest son but that he was only a Dublin jackeen. en 31 May 1934 Daniel Florence Cohalan Two Sons of ‘Rebel Cork’: Tim Healy and Michael Collins; Judge Cohalan’s Fine Tribute Irish IndependentIreland’s National Newspaper. Incorporating the “Freeman’s Journal.” 43 129 Dublin 10 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1051361483/ 7 0021-1222 500345272 Other men there were who did splendid work. But in each generation, in the last analysis, there is one who bears the palm; and Healy and Collins, each in his day and time, did work that will be remembered through many lives that are yet to come. Well may you, Corkonians, and your children, glory in the fellowship of such men! References