Gobdaw

n.

Heard in Dublin, Tipperary and Galway

A fool or idiot.

He's only a bleeden gobdaw

Posh English

He is merely a confounded simpleton.

Same phrase, other counties

• All Ireland
• Tipperary
• Galway

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