Messages

n.

Heard in Kildare, Dublin, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford and Galway

Groceries or household provisions obtained from the shops.

In use

Hang on a tick, I'm just goin' down to the village for the messages.

Posh English

I am merely proceeding down to the shops for the groceries.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Do the messagesTo go shopping for household essentials.
  • BeoirTo describe really, really, good looking girl. Also: A girl. Also: A girl, a woman.
  • Lovely hurlinGoing fine, all is well, or everything is grand overall.
  • Now we're suppin' dieselExpression of sudden success or realisation: we have cracked it.