Bogger

n.

Heard in Kilkenny, Offaly, Cork, Waterford, Mayo, Galway, Tipperary and Dublin

A mildly derogatory term used by townspeople to describe those from rural areas.

In use

I see all the boggers are headin to town

Posh English

I observe that all the country fellows are making their way into town.

Same phrase, other counties

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