segotia [n., lr. seu dhuit-se, this [is] for you, is not gecepted] as in old segotia [. phr.] Close friend (male usage). 1977 Myles na gCopaleen, The Hair of the Dogma: 'a side door [in the Scotch House]... through which shall be admitted all persons being... Old Segotias of the said Myles na Gopaleen'. 1987 Vincent Caprani, Vulgar Verse & Variations, Rowdy Rhymes & Rc-im-itations, 'Wayzgoose'; "Faire dues [q.v.] to all the members what don't forget old mates;/ But I have one final question, if you'll bear with me awhile..." "Oh, fire away, sagosha [sic]," he answered with a smile. 1995 Aidan Higgins, Donkey's Years: "Ah, cummere to me now me old segoshia [sic]," Grogan coaxed me in the yard..."

All from Slanguage, by Bernard Share, a dictionary of Irish slang now in its second edition.