Where did dublin people get the nickname "JACKEEN" ??

Question

Where did dublin people get the nickname "JACKEEN" ??

Answer 1

Jackeen is a mildly pejorative term for someone from Dublin, Ireland. The most likely origin of the word comes from the personification of England, John Bull. Due to its proximity and long historical ties to to Britain, Irish people outside of the Pale thought that Dubliners wanted to be English. John Bull became Jack Bull and, using the Irish suffix -ín meaning small, Jack became Jackeen. Therefore, Jackeen literally means Little Jack.

Today, Jackeen is often used to describe Dublin GAA players and supporters. The term is also shorten back to Jack or the plural Jacks

Thanks - I never knew this till I looked it up!!

Answer 2

I always understood that 'jackeen' comes from the time the Queen of England visited Ireland. The Dubliners lined out on O'connell street waving Union Jack's, hince the name "jackeen"

Answer 3

cos most of em are lol :-p its just a way of older generation of knowing and havin fun i suppose i dont know!!!!

Answer 4

yeah, being from Dublin myself, I was also led to believe that it was when the queen of england visited dublin the people lined the streets waving Union Jack flags.

However!!! It was all those bleedin' culchies up from the country doing all the waving...