Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

meaning - "baby"

e.g. - "hows the babby?"

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

Fool,Idiot,etc..

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

something only half done with the intentions of finishing it off later.

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

Hold your horses, refrain from doing what you are obviously about to do.

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

In Belfast, if you enter a fast food takeaway and ask for a fish supper, the server may well ask "what's ur cawn" in a broad Belfast accent. To which you might reply "fanta". Over the years it has become commonplace to use this phrase as a greeting. So, instead of "what about ye?", you may say "what's ur cawn?".