What does "Begorrah" mean?

[JVS]

[ClassWarrior]

1. This is a funny holiday to ask that question!!

I don't know.

[mouse7]

2. You say when you are trying to channel wisdom from Al Gore

Be Gore.... uh... Be Gore... uh... Be Gore... uh...

[Iverson]

3. short explanation

It's a bit of Irish immigrant vernacular called a "paddyism" that roughly means "by god." If you need to know more, chase down a linguist or someone who has expertise in recent Irish history.

[JVS]

5. Ah, I asked some Irish friends and all they could say was...

"You know, it's like 'Faith and Begorrah'"

They didn't know exactly what it meant.

[Rose Siding]

4. It's what you do when Orrah has something you want

really really badly.

First you have faith and (then, you).........begorrah

[HEyHEY]

6. Somethin' grandma Curran used to say

That I never figured out.

[SiobhanClancy]

7. Beg Ara ...

Is the name of a legendary island off the west coast of Ireland that is only visible every seven years. I've HEARD that begorrah comes from that...maybe it was such an astounding sight that people would should "Beg Ara!"when they saw it. Maybe so...or maybe it's a vaudeville/tin pan alley stage-Irish expression that you'll never hear in Ireland.

Who knows?:)

[Bossy Monkey]

8. According to this site, it means "gosh," and Irish people never say it

http://www.local.ie/content/41040.shtml/about_ireland/society/language
Zut alors!
It was not in the American Heritage dictionary at all.

[Maeve]

9. Stage Irish

Right up there with "bedad" and "bejeepers". Strongly akin to "dagnabit" and goshdarn" (or my brother's favorite "cheese and rice!") as sounding like profane speech without actually BEING profane.