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

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Astonishing

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Meaning any or ever. Used in areas of Roscommon close to Leitrim and the Midlands. Pr: air.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

To run away

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Created: 19 August 2019

Speak

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Created: 19 August 2019

A potato cake maed from mashed and grated potato... boiled and then fried in butter... mmm

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

To go and dance somewhat wildly to music

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A charactaristic way of walking, sometimes implying insult but not necessarily. A certain grace of movement displayed by most Leitrim people.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

In the process of courting a young lady you try your luck by moving your head in the direction of her lips. This act usually occurs at the end of a social night. This may result in a "Shift" or a "slap" both of which you can "chat" to the boyz about.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Using doubt as a positive instead of a negative....ie I doubt I will be there to mean I probably will be there.....