The line

n.

Heard in Sligo

Slang name for The Pearse Road in Sligo Town. Also: The place where people gather after school to wait for the bus home.

In use

She lives down the bottom of the Line." "See ya at the Line after, ya?

Posh English

She resides down at the lower extremity of the Pearse Road.

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