Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Why are you not going?

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

Used to describe a car made to sound louder and more aggresive than it actually is. Typically done by Boy racers by fitting an aftermarket exhaust system.

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

Indecisive, dithering.

Details: Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases; Created: 19 August 2019

popular in the so-called "Triangle" area (that's Ballymoney, Coleraine, Portrush). used instead of "mate" e.g. "'bout ye sham" meaning "how are you mate?" Often claimed as an Ulster-Scots term. Ulster Scots is a "language" that has been spoken in Ireland for almost 10 whole years now.