That's rather like what you might hear in condescending English, even in England. "Off you go now, like a good man". Only an uppity type would say this, and perhaps I've been watching too many period dramas!

I've certainly heard and used 'good man' on its own regularly.

I too have heard it used in the various contexts in English, but it just seems to be overused in Irish in Ros na Rún. It seems to appear at least twice in every single episode. Of course, now that a few of you may watch out after me making such a fuss here, it'll probably never be uttered again!

And Séamus could be saying it twenty times every times he speaks, but I cannot get my head around his utterances!

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I actually understood a complete Séamus sentence the other day! (Of course, all he said was "beidh mé ann," but still!)

I have a friend who says "you'll know you really understand Irish when you can follow what Séamus Mhicil Tom says without subtitles!

Redwolf

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