Fierce

adv.

Heard in Donegal, Cork, Kilkenny, Cavan, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon, Galway, Meath, Waterford and Kildare

An intensifier meaning extremely or remarkably.

Put on a jumper, 'tis fierce Baltic out there tonight!

Posh English

Don a knitted jersey, for it is exceptionally freezing out there this evening!

Same phrase, other counties

• Cork
• Kilkenny
• Cavan
• Mayo
• Offaly
• Roscommon
• Galway
• Meath
• Waterford
• Kildare

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