Gombeen

n.

Heard in Cork, Wexford, Kilkenny, Waterford, Limerick, Cavan and Tipperary

A fool or simpleton.

She is some gombeen

Posh English

She is a simpleton of the very first water.

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Waterford
• Limerick
• Cavan
• Tipperary

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