Arrah

And as I was jogging along in a dream as dozing I was dawdling, arrah, methought broadtone was heard and the creepers and the gliders and flivvers of the earth breath and the dancetongues of the woodfires and the hummers in their ground all vociferated echoating: Shaun! ❋ Unknown (2006)

Molly Vardant, in goodbroomirish, arrah, this place is a proper and his feist a ferial for curdnal communial, so be who would celibrate the holy mystery upon or that the pirigrim from Mainy-lands beatend, the calmleaved hutcaged by that look whose glaum is sure he means bisnisgels to empalmover. ❋ Unknown (2006)

We know you like Latin with essies impures, (and your liber as they sea) we certney like gurgles love the nargleygargley so, arrah-beejee, tell that old frankay boyuk to bellows upthe tombucky in his tumtum argan and give us a gust of his gushy old. ❋ Unknown (2006)

During our circuit he had displayed a fiery zeal against heresy and schism, by foully abusing every Persian in his path8; and the inopportune introduction of hard words into his prayers made the latter a strange patchwork; as “Ave Maria purissima, — arrah, dont ye be letting the pig at the pot, — sanctissima,” and so forth. ❋ Unknown (2003)

"But arrah! would ye be thinkin 'that a lot of bog-trottin' counterfeiters'd be havin 'a rale aeroplane?" burst out Andy Flinn, who had up to now been unable to give any expression to his feelings. ❋ George A. Warren (N/A)

In origin the name was that of a faithful Irish servant, blundering and inefficient, one of the characters in Sir Robert Howard's comedy, "The Committee" (1665). who hung some candles before a fire to dry, and as they melted, swore, arrah, on my soul, now the more they dry the more they wet. ❋ Unknown (1920)

"Wisdom?" cried another voice with a brogue; arrah, and is't wisdom the two geese are gabbling about all this while? ❋ Unknown (1857)

Well, his Holiness was frighted, and the almoner ran out and brought in his Holiness's attendants, and they laid hold of me, but I struggled hard, and said, 'I will not go without my pack; arrah, your Holiness! make them give me back my pack, which Shorsha gave me in Dungarvon times of old;' but my struggles were of no use. ❋ George Henry Borrow (1842)

Well, his Holiness was frighted, and the almoner ran out, and brought in his Holiness's attendants, and they laid hold of me, but I struggled hard, and said, 'I will not go without my pack; arrah, your Holiness! make them give me my pack, which Shorsha gave me in Dungarvon times of old;' but my struggles were of no use. ❋ George Henry Borrow (1842)

It may well be believed, that such an apparition could not be witnessed with gravity, and, accordingly a general titter ran through the room, the whist party still contending about odd tricks and honours, being the only persons insensible to the mirth around them -- "Miss Betty, arrah, Miss Betty," said Nicholas with a sigh that converted the subdued laughter of the guests into a perfect burst of mirth. ❋ Charles James Lever (1839)

An 'how are you, avourueen? an' wor you well ever since? an 'there was nothin -- musha, go out o' this, Ranger, you thief -- oh, God forgive me! what am I sayin '? sure the poor dog is as glad as the best of us -- arrah, thin, look at the affectionate crathur, a'most beside himself! ❋ William Carleton (1831)

-- Tell him an old friend with a new face, -- arrah, not so, -- tell him, that a new friend with no face at all at all, would be glad to wait upon him. ❋ John Badcock (1823)

Houri of the coast of emerald, arrah of the lacessive poghue, Aslim-all-Muslim, the resigned to her surrender, did not she, come leinster’s even, true dotter of a dearmud, (her pitch was Forty Steps and his perch old ❋ Unknown (2006)

I'm afther thinkin 'she's a daughter av ould Ireland, arrah. " ❋ Carolyn Wells (1902)

Faith, I'd run, I'm thinkin ', as I did, you know when -- Don't tell me that she's here, man; arrah, don't say that! " ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)

"Wisdom?" cried another voice with a brogue; "arrah and is't wisdom the two geese are gabbling about all this while? ❋ Herman Melville (1855)

"It's a sad day this, Mr Terence, which I never thought to see," he said; "but arrah! ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)