Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Here are two examples of Irish words brought over to Branch and Point Lance from Ireland.
The first is ‘bresney’ - meaning a bundle of sticks.
It’s a great word and I came across it over in Point Lance and Branch, Newfoundland and it is direct from our Irish. Where I grew up in Wexford, we had the same thing but a different pronunciation and my mother, grandmother and neighbours would have called it a ‘breasna' of sticks. For those who don't know a 'breasna' or ‘bresney’ of sticks comes from the Irish and depending or where you go, there were slight variants in pronunciation and spelling.
The second word is croisín or 'crusheens' which is the name for a pair of home-made stilts.
‘Crusheens’ or somethings pronounced ‘kersheens’ and 'kish-eens' were wooden stilts that were used by adults for crossing shallow water in Branch and Point Lance and over the years they were used by children to play on. The word comes from the Gaelic ‘croisín’, a crutch (literally a little cross) while the ‘een’ is used at the end of many Irish words to mean small.
Here are two examples of Irish words brought over to Branch and Point Lance from Ireland.
The first is ‘bresney’ - meaning a bundle of sticks.
It’s a great word and I came across it over in Point Lance and Branch, Newfoundland and it is direct from our Irish. Where I grew up in Wexford, we had the same thing but a different pronunciation and my mother, grandmother and neighbours would have called it a ‘breasna' of sticks. For those who don't know a 'breasna' or ‘bresney’ of sticks comes from the Irish and depending or where you go, there were slight variants in pronunciation and spelling.
The second word is croisín or 'crusheens' which is the name for a pair of home-made stilts.
‘Crusheens’ or somethings pronounced ‘kersheens’ and 'kish-eens' were wooden stilts that were used by adults for crossing shallow water in Branch and Point Lance and over the years they were used by children to play on. The word comes from the Gaelic ‘croisín’, a crutch (literally a little cross) while the ‘een’ is used at the end of many Irish words to mean small.
