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

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Parent Category: Ulster
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A typically Northern Irish expression also spoken as "face as long as a Lurgan spade" meaning to look miserable or long faced. One theory about the origin of this expression is that a “Lurgan spade” was an under-paid workman digging what is now the Lurgan Park lake. Another theory is that it is a translation from the Irish language lorga spád meaning the shaft/shin of a spade. Upon observation you would say...

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Parent Category: Leinster
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A name given to a referendum to be held at the end of May in Ireland by the Yes campaigners.

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Parent Category: Munster
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In a bad way.

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Parent Category: Leinster
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Male - can be a boy or a man.

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Parent Category: Munster
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Badly modified car

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Parent Category: Leinster
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Breasts

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This is what someone said while being interviewed on the news. it is now a common longfordinian sentence :)

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Parent Category: Ulster
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Vangina

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Parent Category: Ulster
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A term used to describe an older person that dressed in younger clothes to make them look young

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