(Ireland) A noisy celebration or party; also, an evening of traditional music and dance.
(Ireland) A noisy celebration or party; also, an evening of traditional music and dance.
At a family gathering, a wake or a Christmas hooley, other children would step forward to sing a rhyme or dance a hornpipe.
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(Ireland, usually as "on one's holliers") holidays (time off work or time spent travelling; = U.S. vacation).
(Ireland, archaic) A hubbub; a noisy disturbance.
A fuss, an uproar, a commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.
(UK, Irish, informal) Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).
(Scotland) Chiefly in the form to blow a hooley: a strong wind; a gale.