Citations:gra mo chree

English citations of gra mo chree

1. • 1961, Seán Ó Cathasaigh, Behind the Green Curtains; Figuro in the Night; The Moon Shines on Kylenamoe; three plays, page 135:

     Boy. Gra mo chree, I'd rather own you than own all Ireland, without division; I would, achisleh!

     Girl. Yis, I know, aroon; but would you rather own me than any other girl o' the village?

   • (Can we date this quote?), Michael Scanlan, The Emigrant, published in The Irish-American Almanac for 1877, page 30:

     How fast the stern and rock-ribbed coast / Fades from my sight! / [...] / Yet I shall never more behold / They beauties, gra mo chree!

   • (Can we date this quote?), Paddy McGuigan, The Boys of the Old Brigade:

     Where are the lads who stood with me / When history was made? / Oh, gra mo chree, I long to see / The Boys of the Old Brigade!