MANY here wear it like a badge of honour but the Scrabble community look set to ban the word ‘culchie’ from the game along with other slurs. The North American Scrabble Players Association has already ...

The North American Scrabble Players Association is considering banning than 200 slurs from their official competitions in the United States. The Irish word "culchie" is among a host of words that ...

FOR many people, the word 'culchie' is seen as as badge of honour - a term used to describe those who live in the country. Some claim to be "culchie and proud", while others have even competed to win ...

Ryan Dylan, one of the comic actors in BBC Three’s Funboys – the latest Northern Irish show he’s co-written with fellow stars Rian Lennon and Lee R James — is taking a brief pause. He’s chatting to ...

Sir, – I refer to the opinion piece by Mary Feely "Once a culchie, never a Dub" (September 17th). As a native of the Liberties of Dublin, it was generally accepted in Francis Street that the ...

The word ‘culchie’ is among 400 words that are believed to be banned from Scrabble as the game aims to be more politically correct. Ed Miliano, who runs a scrabble club in Dublin, said he is in the ...

Culchie: Country person, as in country bumpkin, or country shrewd, someone from deepest rural Ireland. Last week I went in search of this exotic species, except I’m one myself - despite my New York ...

Culchie shopping day is the day when typically people from the country travel to the cities of Ireland to do their Christmas shopping. This is a steadfast tradition ...

CULCHIE crooner Richie Kavanagh has revealed how performing has helped him as he battles Parkinson’s Disease. The Carlow native shot to the top of the Irish charts with tongue-in-cheek track Aon Focal ...