Haggart

n.

Heard in Waterford, Kerry, Cork and Tipperary

The small field or enclosure behind a cottage.

They kept two cows out in the haggart.

Posh English

They maintained a pair of cows in the little meadow behind the cottage.

Same phrase, other counties

• Tipperary

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