Irish Slang

County

Details: Parent Category: Ulster; Created: 19 August 2019

Someone who isn't very well off or has poor hygene.

Details: Parent Category: Connaught; Created: 19 August 2019

To get the shift

Details: Parent Category: Leinster; Created: 19 August 2019

This phrase is used when referring to a wealthy individual usually far more wealthy than his neighbours in the Parish. He his said to have more land than the Parish Priest, therefore making him wealthy indeed.

Details: Parent Category: Leinster; Created: 19 August 2019

To ride

Details: Parent Category: Leinster; Created: 19 August 2019

Someone who's not very pleasing to the eye

Details: Parent Category: Leinster; Created: 19 August 2019

Breasts

Details: Parent Category: Munster; Created: 19 August 2019

A bag of chips (thick cut potato fries) that contains and arbitrary number of chips more than a regular bag of chips. The amount of extra chips is at the discretion and generally based on the mood of the person serving as there is no standard measure for a large chip.