Quare

n.

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

Odd or strange.

In use

There was an awful quare crowd hanging around Clarecastle.

Posh English

There was a most peculiar assembly of persons lingering near Clarecastle.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Quare hawkAn odd or eccentric fellow.
  • Chancin quare onesAttempting to secure a romantic or sexual encounter with an unsavoury young woman.
  • Quare badExtremely or intensely bad.
  • 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.