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

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Said in response to someone saying thanks. Comes from a Joke where David Hasslehoff asks a Clerk to change his name to the Hoff... when the Clerk said Sure, No Hassle. Now instead of saying "No Hassle" people just say Hoff.

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Terrible

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

What da hell??

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

To hit someone on the bum.

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

A girl with a very sexy body but an unattractive face... This phrase is generally uttered by men who examine the posterior of a lady as they drive by, On the approach they say "Oooohhh" and if her face does not match the beauty of her posterior as they pass they will say "Naaaaaa", hence Una.

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Hello

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Direct translation of the Irish 'céard atá ort?' meaning 'what's wrong with you?'

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Very plain to look at

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

'A thing of' is a very Irish way of describing an inanimate object, usually a container or packaging of sorts. Be it down to laziness, or actually not knowing the name of what the object is, this expression has many uses.