JACKEEN

DEROGATORY TERM FOR SOMEONE FROM DUBLIN

DERIVED FROM DUBLIN STRONG ASSOCIATION WITH BRITIAN AND BRITISH INFLUENCE ON THE CITY. WHEN THE QUEEN VISITED DUBLIN THE PEOPLE WAVED UNION JACKS TO WELCOME HER WHICH LED TO THEM BEING REFERRED TO AS JACKEENS

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jackeen

A person from Dublin (derogatory)

Given as how Dubliner sloved the queen some much and used waived the Union Flag when Victoria visited they are known by the rest of us true Irish people as Jackeens

If it was a bag of heroin you'd catch it ya jackeen scumbag ya

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jackeen

In Ireland, somebody from Dublin.

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jackeen

Used to describe someone from Dublin, typically used by muck savages from Cork with their grating, whining accents.

"Anto is a fuckin' jackeen bai."

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Jackeen

A slightly pejorative name for a person from Dublin. Commonly it is shortened simply to Jack, and Dubliners often refer to themselves as such. The opposite of a Jackeen is a Culchie.

James Joyce-Jackeen(as he was born in Dublin)
Michael Collins-Culchie(is from co. Cork)

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