Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

When someone is being sincere or certain of something,willing to bet any amount of money on it

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

Dancehall (the Restaurant) at UCC

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

Little peaces

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

A suddden horn - i.e. from 6 o'clock till 12 o'clock

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

That will teach you for doing that.

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

Having a very poor tolerance level. The word threshold is the part of the door frame that you step over. In times gone by it was the peice of wood that went accross the doorway to stop the straw or hay (thresh) from spilling out of the house, long before carpets were used. Hence the word 'threshold'