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

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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.

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Tonight

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A meadow with high, wilted grass is said to be full of 'thrawneens', from the Irish word for a blade of dry grass, tráithnín.

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Embarrassed

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Very good (contrary to the dictionary definitions of "full of or involving woe" and "lamentably bad or serious"). Also used as an adverb before adjectives (but not as "woefully") to mean "very".

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Used when a man is talking about getting ready to go out.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

A muttin is a random term with no meaning, can you be used in any sense How's your muttin = how are you That's some muttin = that's a nice thing

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Absolutely brilliant.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

shh, be quiet e.g. "Wheesht a minute, would ye"