Culchie

n.

Heard in Tipperary, Sligo and Dublin

Someone from the countryside.

In use

That lads a right culchie.

Posh English

That fellow displays all the undeniable characteristics of rural origins.

Same phrase, other counties

  • BoggerA culchie, bog-trotter, bog-warrior. Also: A person form the country.
  • C-rapCulchie rap: a rural style of freestyling rap originating in Cavan.
  • CoppersSlang for copper-faced jacks. A place to go to pick up culchie girls.
  • Dublin ratsA derogatory term for anyone from Dublin, used in retaliation for being called a culchie.
  • Muck savageSomeone from outside dublin. Also: Culchie, redneck, bog-warrior. Also: Term to describe…
  • Mulchie, muldoon, mullahDerogatory terms for a rural person or culchie.