Holly

n.

Heard in Mayo and Kerry

An exhortation to exert maximum effort or to perform a task with great vigour.

Go on and give it holly, you've been trainin' for this all season!

Posh English

Proceed and apply your utmost effort, you have been preparing for this throughout the entire season.

Same phrase, other counties

• Kerry

Related terms

• Give it a hollyTo pull, yank, or exert sudden heavy physical force upon something.
• Givin' it fongTo exert tremendous effort; to go at something with great vigour.
• Take off shoes and give her socksTo exert a great deal of effort in order to complete a task.
• WaskyAn encouragement to apply maximum effort or energy to a task.
• Great ladA male who by his misdeeds is in fact not great at all.
• Give her lantyTo give something full throttle or maximum effort.