Hape

n.

Heard in Mayo, Sligo, Galway, Carlow, Offaly and Roscommon

A large quantity or great heap of something.

In use

There's a absolute hape of women inside the marquee dancin'!

Posh English

There is a tremendous multitude of ladies dancing inside the marquee.

Same phrase, other counties

  • A hapeA large quantity or great pile of something.
  • In a heapIn a complete state of disarray or intoxication. Wrecked or plastered. Pronounced 'hape'.
  • Up in a hapeTo be in a state of severe intoxication.
  • HeapA very large quantity or amount. Also used to describe something big or massive.
  • Great ladA male who by his misdeeds is in fact not great at all.
  • Large chipA bag of chips (thick cut potato fries) that contains and arbitrary number of chips more…