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The word originates from the Anglo-Saxon term, "crack" meaning fun. It possibly dates back as far as Old English or the older Scots dialect and is still used today by Ulster-Scots in Northern Ireland. Borrowed by the Gaelic Irish and spelt "craic", the term has been picked up by UK journalists in recent years and has re-entered the use of the word (Hiberno-English) in mainland UK. Dublin journalists in the 1970s frequently spelt the word as "crack" in written articles.
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