Quare Stuff is a collection of the wonderful, the peculiar, and the nearly-forgotten words of Hiberno-English. It began as a simple question: what happens to the words we stop using?
What This Collection Does
Language is living history. Every dialect carries within it the stories of a people, a landscape, a particular way of being in the world. This collection preserves, explores, and shares the words that make Irish English one of the most expressive varieties of English anywhere.
What You Will Find Here
Words from across the island of Ireland, organised by category: Ulster Scots, Hiberno-English, Slang, Place Names, Borrowed Words, and Lost Words. Each entry includes pronunciation, etymology, example usage, and historical context - because every word has a story.
The Network
Quare Stuff is part of the PHD Projects portfolio, which includes specialist travel publications covering flights and aviation, Ireland travel, cruise travel, rail travel, and solo travel.