Like Boyle Roche's bird

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Like Boyle Roche's bird is Irish slang for able to be in two places at the one time. After Boyle Roche, an old Irish MP who said a man couldn't be in two places at once unless he was a bird.

In use

He could only have been in the Grand Parade if he was like Boyle Roche's bird.

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He could only have been present on the Grand Parade had he possessed the remarkable gift of bilocation.

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What does like Boyle Roche's bird mean in Ireland?

Able to be in two places at the one time. After Boyle Roche, an old Irish MP who said a man couldn't be in two places at once unless he was a bird.

How do you use like Boyle Roche's bird in a sentence?

“He could only have been in the Grand Parade if he was like Boyle Roche's bird.”

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