Irish Slang - Funny Irish Phrases, Expressions, & Irish Spoken Language

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

saying a bird is that ugly you wouldnt even let your mate buck her

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Good-looking females/males

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Suckn diesel,

Sucking diesel,

"Now you’re suckn diesel",

"Now we’re suckn diesel",

Meaning = all is going good, infact better than good.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A meadow with high, wilted grass is said to be full of 'thrawneens', from the Irish word for a blade of dry grass, tráithnín.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Who you seen now?

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

How are you keeping

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Self-explanatory. Used to describe long feens when they're gettin' bad, if I remember correctly.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

an expression encouraging the listener to air on the side of lesser haste. in English "Now hang on a minute" e.g. "houl yer horses boys, dont be payin up yet, sure we dont even know if there's a bar in this hotel"

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

A different word for up, used for supporting teams/people/etc. usually with the word 'the' afterwards if it's somebody's name. Examples: "Scup the (person's name)!", "Scup Louth!"