Shitehawk

n.

Heard in Cork, Wexford, Tipperary and Carlow

A contemptible, untrustworthy person or an absolute idiot.

Don't mind him at all, he's some absolute shitehawk of a feen!

Posh English

Pay him no heed whatsoever, for he is a complete and utter buffoon of a fellow.

Same phrase, other counties

• Wexford
• Tipperary
• Carlow

Related terms

• Bottle squatterA contemptible, untrustworthy, or thoroughly objectionable person.
• I am in my ballsEmphatic refusal. Absolutely not.
• If you had 2 brains you'd be twice as stupidA withering putdown directed at someone possessing a profound lack of intelligence.
• Up back of leapIn a remote or isolated location, in the back of beyond.