Townie

n.

Heard in Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Galway and Tipperary

A term used by Wexford country people to describe a person from Wexford town.

In use

Come on we'll go see the townies

Posh English

Come along, let us go and observe the urban dwellers.

Same phrase, other counties

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