Woeful

adj.

Heard in Dublin, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford and Leitrim

Extremely bad, severe, or miserable.

In use

Mother of God, I've a woeful pain in me mallet this mornin'.

Posh English

Mother of God, I have developed a most excruciating pain in my cranium this morning.

Same phrase, other counties

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