The sticks

n.

Heard in Dublin and Kildare

The countryside, anywhere outside Dublin. Also: Countryside. anywhere outside the big smoke.

In use

..I can't go down the sticks, I've no passport." "..Headin down the sticks to bate a few muldoons.

Posh English

I cannot possibly go down to the countryside, for I have neglected to bring my passport.

  • In the sticksIn the countryside; from a rural area.
  • Stix / sticksThe countryside or somewhere far from town or city.
  • WexicanAn immigrant to the big smoke from the sticks, particularly Wexford.
  • Conya sticksAn expression of dismay when something has gone badly wrong.
  • Get away sticksA humorous term for a woman's legs.
  • Out in da sticksUsed to describe a location miles from the nearest town.