*!*!*! Limerick

I suspected some kind of wind up PR stunt when I heard on BBC World Service (no less) last night that residents of an Irish village had been banned from a social media site on the grounds of taste & decency.

Well there might be some exaggeration & misunderstanding, but there really is a place called Effin

And there are Effin Songs & a well known character called Effin Eddie.

All from Limerick.

You couldn’t make it up

Links
Effin parish

Effin Songs

Effin Eddie

Facebook finds town too Effin rude for site

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Evidence based law

According to the OED an effiner is a rare & obsolete word for a refiner of silver or gold.