mavourneen

Etymology
Hiberno-English, from (diminutive of ).

Noun

 * 1)  darling, sweetheart
 * 2) * 1850 (approx.), Anonymous, Finnegan's Wake
 * Biddy O'Brien began to cry
 * "Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see?
 * "Arrah, Tim, mavourneen, why did you die?"
 * "Ah, shut your gob," said Paddy McGee!