garrane

Fingallian

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish gearrán.

Noun

garrane

1. horse
   • 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):

     Garrane,

     Horse.

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Noun

garrane

1. Alternative form of garraane
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:

     An a priesth o parieshe on his garrane baun,

     The priest of the parish on his white pony,

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 130:

     Ee vrieste o' paryshe on a long-tailed garrane.

     [The priest of parish on a long-tailed pony.]

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 41