Deadly

n.

Heard in Tipperary, Kilkenny, Wexford, Dublin, Fermanagh, Cork, Galway, Waterford and Tyrone

Excellent or outstanding; first rate.

In use

That match was deadly

Posh English

That sporting fixture was perfectly splendid.

Same phrase, other counties

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