flahoolach a also flahoola, floohollic [phonetics unavailable]. JOYCE flahoolagh, cp DINNEEN flaitheamhlach 'generous.' Lavish; generous; wasteful; sometimes ironic.
   1937 DEVINE 22 Flooholic—lavish. P 108-70 ~ overly generous. C 71-89 He was very flahoolic with his money... Go down to flahoolic John Joe's for some tobacco. 1975 Evening Telegram 28 June, p. 16 If you were flahoola with the money you could buy a slice of baloney there, and a cake of hardbread all for five cents. 1982 ibid 16 Feb, p. 17 I heard of one man who came from England [without a stitch of spare clothing] when things were not too flahoola over there.

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