Banter

v.

Heard in Cork, Armagh, Kilkenny, Dublin and Sligo

To have a good time; to engage in lively fun.

In use

The banter was savage like

Posh English

The merrymaking proved to be of a most uproarious and splendid character.

Same phrase, other counties

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