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

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Parent Category: Leinster
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An insult, aimed at a persons mother

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Parent Category: Munster
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To lie to a teacher, ie, telling everyone you're some tool.

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Parent Category: Leinster
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1.to describe a gorgeous girl 2. to say if someone's with someone 3.A greeting

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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: Munster
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Idiot, Fool

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Parent Category: Ulster
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Pissed,Drunk

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Parent Category: Connaught
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Limerick term for Tipperary. Based on the traditional Tipperary practice of bringing the hang sangwiches with them along with a flask of cabbage water or tae to the GAA matches for fear of having to actually pay for something. In reality this practice is shared by certain residents of all counties.

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Parent Category: Connaught
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A way to describe someone who thinks they are hard, but are just wannabes. Usually found wearing tracksuits tucked into socks and caps sitting on the back of their heads.

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Parent Category: Connaught
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Not good

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Connaught

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