What does "Conshine" mean?

justforgroups

In the famous "Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down?" folk song, the chorus reads:

"Do you want your old lobby washed down, conshine
Do you want your old lobby washed down?"
She sighs every day as she passes the way:
"Do you want your old lobby washed down?"

What does "conshine" mean, does anyone know? Thanks

Thoie

I always thought it was a name, as in "Con Shine".

justforgroups

Ah you could be right there. I saw it written as "conshine" and not "Con Shine". "Con" is short for the Irish name "Conleth" (or "Conláed" in Irish). Since the singer is Brendan Shine, perhaps Con Shine is a relative or whatever.

Ok cool - thanks :-)

yerayeah

Is it not short for Conor?!

JerryHandbag

Yeah and while we're at it, what exactly is a Wonderwall?

Howard the Duck

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Yeah and while we're at it, what exactly is a Wonderwall?

The Gallagher's Shrine to the Beatles?.. it would have pictures of John and Yoko but with Yoko's head cut out and Liam's in it's place.

Thoie

justforgroups wrote: »

"Con" is short for the Irish name "Conleth" (or "Conláed" in Irish).

yerayeah wrote: »

Is it not short for Conor?!

I've also heard it being short for Cornelius (common in Cork), Conrad, Conchubar and Constantine.

wixfjord

There is actually a meaning to conshine, its not just a name, or so I remember my dad telling me. Ill try to remember to ask him in the next few days! Deffo not con shine as in the name tho iirc.

pamela m

I always thought it as "sunshine"!.... a sweet appellation often used in Dublin. But indeed, why not ask Mr Brendan Shine?

Firetrap

I never knew what the lobby bit was about. Is it filthy? :eek:

RogerViking

i think it a referance to an oral sex act

Firetrap

I'll never listen to Carrots from Clonown in the same way again :eek:

justforgroups

RogerViking wrote: »

i think it a referance to an oral sex act

In a Brendan Shine song? Don't think so, but thanks for the laugh :-)

braco

He's being interviewed by Miriam O'Callaghan on RTE Radio 1 at the moment and confirmed that..

1) It's not his song.. he learned it as a boy and it had been around for a long time before then, although the original version had "sunshine" instead of "Con Shine".

2) Someone else (damn my memory!) sang it as "Con Shine" before he did. I got the impression that this was not long before he released it.

3) Con Shine is/was a man from Cork.

4) Having your "lobby washed down" is indeed a reference to oral sex

HeidiHeidi

braco wrote: »

He's being interviewed by Miriam O'Callaghan on RTE Radio 1 at the moment and confirmed that..

1) It's not his song.. he learned it as a boy and it had been around for a long time before then, although the original version had "sunshine" instead of "Con Shine".

2) Someone else (damn my memory!) sang it as "Con Shine" before he did. I got the impression that this was not long before he released it.

3) Con Shine is/was a man from Cork.

4) Having your "lobby washed down" is indeed a reference to oral sex

:eek::eek:

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell ya.

:eek:

rcaz

Glad we got some closure on that. Zombie thread for the lock :pac: