Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Often used when you want someone to move out of your way or when a person is drunk

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

Meaning modern

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

Muise; Indeed (b) Muise! Muise!; Well, Well! Muisiam; Upset. Muisiamach; 1. Upset; perturbed; irritated. 2. Feeling sick. 3. Heavy / drowsy / dull. (There is a "fada" over the "u" in each of the above.

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

1. Please leave my company

2. refusal to answer a question or request

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

From Irish 'pleidhce', a fool.

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

Applied to a woman to indicate she is no longer young

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

Old-fashioned term for dating, could mean anything from holding hands to a sweaty shag in a haystack. Generally used by people who still call a radio a wireless.