Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

You nasty person you.

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

Vet

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

Okay

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

To go away and not come back.

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

Statin d obvious wen sweatin

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

The Cloonchas is the area of Cloonbonnive and Gortaganny in West Roscommon where most townlands begin with 'Cloon', eg. Cloonfower, Clooncan. From the Irish for meadows, 'Cluainte'.

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

'A thing of' is a very Irish way of describing an inanimate object, usually a container or packaging of sorts. Be it down to laziness, or actually not knowing the name of what the object is, this expression has many uses.