Thus the shoneen is not a west-Briton; that is what he would like to be.

I have a great esteem for her, and should not wish to appear a shoneen dragged in from the Liberties.'

The word shoneen is sometimes erroneously interchanged with the term 'west-Briton', but the two are not the same.

The shoneen is no different from the generic snob in admiring the upper classes and despising the lower.

By contrast, the shoneen is very much a native, looking up to and frequently imitating the English, while clearly not English himself.

Upon my honour, Mr Farcical Comic, any poteen-swilling shoneen off the bog would be more delicate.

Bunny is a daughter of our Becky (Champion Prospector's Winter Classic, CD, WC) and our great dog Tyler (Champion & Obedience Trial Champion Shoneen Stand By Me, WC).