Kip

v.

Heard in Wexford, Carlow and Waterford

A terrible, run-down or unpleasant place or thing.

That Kilkennys a kip of a place

Posh English

That town of Kilkenny is a thoroughly ghastly habitation.

Same phrase, other counties

• Carlow
• Waterford

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