Do you see what I mane, Pa I see it, acushla," said her father.— The Second Chance
But ah, acushla, if we could be keepin' people that-a-way, would there be e'er a funeral iver goin' black on the road at all at all?— Strangers at Lisconnel
The main thing to do is to get her to want to do things What’s your name, my lad?” she asked Dicky Dore, ma’am,” the boy answered respectfully Well, Oi don’t see why you shouldn’t thry ut, acushla,” she said to Maida.— Maida's Little Shop
Phelim, acushla, see what it is to be hard an the poor Oh, he was ever an' always the biggest nagar livin', ma'am.— Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
(* This to you you rogue) an' a pleasant honeymoon to us Wait till we're married first, Phelim; thin it'll be time enough to dhrink that Come, acushla, it's your turn now; taste the shell, an' you'll see how lovin' it'll make us.— Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three

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