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

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

An enquiry into someone's well being. Akin to 'How are you Today?'

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

A haughty person

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Ugly

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Something bad or stupid happens!!..."ah here"!!!!!

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A person who, while not offensive or disliked is regarded as a Santee because you can only bear to look at them once a year.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Limerick term for Tipperary. Based on the traditional Tipperary practice of bringing the hang sangwiches with them along with a flask of cabbage water or tae to the GAA matches for fear of having to actually pay for something. In reality this practice is shared by certain residents of all counties.

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Look a you you thief

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

It was good craic

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Euphemism describing the act of defecating, metaphorically speaking. Otherwise known as taking a good hard shyte for oneself. This particular expression is used when the excrement is of a particularly large and solid nature.