Anyone familiar with Belfast dialect...

[Moddingcrowd]

What does "well-got" mean? As in, "he was well-got in both Catholic and Protestant areas of the city"? From the context, I'm guessing it means well-respected, well-regarded, but I've never heard it before.

Thanks.

Yes, you're absolutely correct.

I would take it to mean 'well known'

No, the earlier replies are correct. Well-got means respected, of good standing. It’s a common Irish expression, not just Belfast.

I am Irish... and like I said, I would take it to mean well known.

Accepted within a community.

Someone could be well-known for being a fraud or something else that’s negative, and they wouldn’t be “well-got” would they?

It’s only “well-known” to the extent that in order to be widely well-regarded you also have to be fairly well-known.

Ha, every day’s a school day. Belfast born and bred and never heard of it! If there’s more phrases you’re after, have a look at John Pepper’s books.

No not well known, well thought of.

Irish too - and I’d take that as well liked

I disagree.
Weird that people try to force their opinion on here.

I mean, the thread is actually someone asking for the meaning. It doesn’t seem ideal if the reply is “Well it’s all sorts of things depending on what any number of people say it is”. As opposed to majority agreement (which so far is not your interpretation of the meaning) and/or discussion of whether those differences that exist can be explained logically. Which is what I think I’ve done. Sorry if that annoys you.

I would have said conned. I haven't lived in Ireland for decades though😂

Living in Ireland is not the same as being from Belfast.
I know what a corner boy is in Belfast where I grew up. Im not confident about calling someone a langer which is a similar type in Cork .

I’m Irish, though not from Belfast, and I thought well-got meant coming from a ‘good’ background and that the person’s family was well-regarded and well-respected (possibly also well-heeled?)
So more about background than the person’s own personality was my understanding. As I say, though, I’m not from Belfast and my understanding of the term doesn’t seem to quite fit in the context given.

Is it similar?

A langer means a dick (in both senses), though can sometimes be used affectionately too (‘go on ya langer’).
And, of course, langers just means drunk.

LOL You seem angry and overly defensive. There was nothing sarcastic, nor superior, in my first reply to you.

Your inability to take disagreement as anything other than a personal attack is your own problem, not mine.

Seriously, are you ok? Calling someone a bitch is certainly angry in my world.

But if you think the problem is with my post and not your attitude, please do report it.

@Mildmanneredonoccasion a corner boy is a sort of twenty year old male who hand around a neighbourhood doing nothing good and minor social infringements. A general nuisance.
I have lived in Cork for 30 years and I suspect my neighbour's son is a langer...he is definitely a corner boy. Thankfully he is too old to egg windows. I hope.

I’m not sure what the term for a corner-boy is in Cork. Gurriers is used, as it is elsewhere, but that’s stronger I think? Not sure langer fits exactly. My mother used to say corner-boy sometimes but I haven’t heard it for years now.

Gurriers Seem more Dublin based to me. I think they are more proactive than corner boys who hang about a lot doing nothing.

Gurrier is definitely used in Cork too, but they’d be actively bad all right.

Mystery solved with the help of a quick google…

In Irish and Hiberno-Scottish English, well-got (or well got) traditionally means coming from a respectable family, background, or social standing (often used negatively as "not well-got" to mean from a poor, rough, or unrespectable background).

If you look up a word and add ‘Irish slang’ or ‘Belfast slang’, it’s very informative 😬