Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

A person from the country who is both scary and unintelligible

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

The famous cider brewed in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary known as Bulmers in Ireland (Magners abroad).

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

A serious shtate of a person

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

1) the act of keeping a lookout 2) an exclamation used by a lookout to warn that someone is approaching

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

Boy

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

Hurry Up

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

Used to advise people to stay quiet.

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

Usually said after saying something smart or intelligent. A longer version of the sentence is 'Up here for thinking, down there for dancing, out there for shaking and down here for making' Usually one would point to their head then feet for the shortened sentence. If lengthened one should then shake their hands and then point to their mid section while saying the last two things.