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cupla focal noun a paltry knowledge of Irish, literally a few words, enough for a display of national pride but not nearly enough for a conversation IRELAND- Maybe it’s all down to TnaG [an Irish-language television channel] but suddenly everyone seems dead keen to trot out the cupla focal. — Irish Times, 16 November 1996
- What could be closer to perfect manhood, than to go tearing out onto a playing pitch armed with ash and steeled for battle, to knock skin and hair out of the enemy until, ascending dizzy heights, you end up clutching a cup to the clouds victorious and bellowing the koopla focal in God’s face? — Clare Champion, 2 March 2001
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