Bagel

n.

Heard in Clare, Offaly, Wicklow and Galway

Person from the countryside or of an agricultural persuasion. Most likely comes from a mispronunciation of the beagle breed of dog (given its mongrel heritage).

In use

Get up the road ye oul bagel!

Posh English

Take yourself back up the lane, you antiquated rustic!

Same phrase, other counties

  • Tome bagelA pretentious fellow who imagines himself a hard man but is merely a poseur, typically…
  • BeagleA stupid person, or a dog.
  • RoasterSomeone of an agricultural persuasion.
  • CurA dog, a mongrel; an unpleasant person.
  • Dog roughUsed to describe someplace so bad only a dog would go there. To describe someone who…
  • I wouldn't give that to the dog!An expression indicating that food is of such poor quality one would not even offer it…