Wirey

n.

Heard in Tipperary and Mayo

Flexible and sure-footed, especially in sport.

In use

I'd say he'd be useless at football, wouldn't he?" "Ah no, he's wirey enough that lad. Sure his father was a cheese string.

Posh English

I should imagine he would prove quite useless at football, would he not? No, he is remarkably nimble on his feet. After all, his father was equally lithe.

Same phrase, other counties