Begorrah

My Mom (may she rest in peace--part Irish) use to say 'faith and begorrah' or 'gosh and begorrah'. As a child, I never questioned its meaning. Well, it's an Irish word, for sure. I googled the phrase 'Sodom and Begorrah', and found it in a headline:

I found an Irish word begorra (without h) meaning euphemisim for ***. Thank you nevertheless

Same word.

It's used in the context: I felt guilty for bringing this Sodom and Begorrah to the reverand Todd's house. The author of the text had brought scandalous guests there (scandalous at the time because they were uncloseted homosexuals in a provincial town).

Spelling: reverend

The webpage link I inserted covers a similar subject (in 1991). It's a word-play, of course, on the traditional: Sodom and Gomorrah, the Old Testament twin-cities of sin.

Yes, I'm reading it just now, but I'll obviously have to read it more closely. Thank you for the spelling tips

If somebody is interested, I found that Frank McGuinness wrote a play Sodom and Begorrah dedicated to the actors mentioned in my text (gay actors/Mac Liammoir and Edwards) and I guess it represents a link between gay people and theatre. (The play is about two gay people who are in love and it has to do with theatre.) I guess that is why Welles uses this expression.

More likely a reference to gay Irishmen.

Good grief, no!

"Sodom and Begorrah" was merely a literary title tool!

'Begorra' (including its variant spellings) is a euphemism for 'By ***', which would mean that it comes from English, albeit Irish English

Nothing to do with Gomorrah at all, at all!

I think Mr Mic is right. I found in the glossary of Irish slang that it means the difference between Dublin Gate and Abbey Theatres and the sexual orientation of their directors and actors, but I also found that it was the nickname of the two actors: MacLiammoir and Edwards (I found this in the book I'm reading at the moment: Barbara Leaming: Orson Welles A Biography). It is possible that it's t