Short Story

Suzie433

Hi

I'm writing a short story and I would apprecitate any info any of you might have on writing tips.

My story features in Dublin, can you tell me if you are familiar with the term Gillie, as in you would call someone a 'gillie'?
It is a term i have used and heard used, but not sure everyone will understand it, so can you let me know your understanding of it, just so i can be sure we're all on the same page!

Cheers

sceptre

Moved from Literature to Creative Writing.

grumula

gillie is ringing a very vague bell, but i couldn't tell ye what it infers.
it sounds like ulster slang?! i dunno, put me outa my misery OP.

pickarooney

Write the story and don't worry about whether people might or might not understand a word here and there. It should be obvious enough from the context anyway.

busbrokers

A gillie is an attendent at a fishing expedition....He would also monitor/guard the lake on for example an estate.

Suzie433

well in Dublin terms a gillie is someone that is taken advantage of, or being used by someone else. For example, they would do the 'running around' for someone else.

Dictionary describes it as

from Scottish Gaelic gille boy, servant] gilly , ghillie or gilly — n
probably where it comes from.