Quare

adj.

Heard in Fermanagh, Cavan, Waterford, Kildare, Clare, Donegal, Derry, Kerry, Down, Wexford and Wicklow

Fine, great, splendid or wonderful.

In use

He's a quare bollox" "That's a quare tractor

Posh English

He is a most peculiar scoundrel. That, however, is a truly magnificent tractor.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Chancin quare onesAttempting to secure a romantic or sexual encounter with an unsavoury young woman.
  • Quare badExtremely or intensely bad.
  • Quare hawkAn eccentric or peculiar person.
  • Quare oneOne's wife, girlfriend or regular female partner.
  • Quare sickenedDisappointed or feeling quite downhearted.
  • Quare tacA peculiar and potent mixture of different alcoholic drinks in a single glass.