Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

To be chased from a business or public premises because you are up to no good.

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

Hello whenn meeting a good mate

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

A phrase uttered when you are in pain

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

Male homosexual

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

To be embarassed by someone or something

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

The art of steering a tractor using only the brakes on one rear wheel. Useful on soft ground or when there's a heavy load on the back of the tractor.

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

A term that describes a person who is very sly

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

popular in the so-called "Triangle" area (that's Ballymoney, Coleraine, Portrush). used instead of "mate" e.g. "'bout ye sham" meaning "how are you mate?" Often claimed as an Ulster-Scots term. Ulster Scots is a "language" that has been spoken in Ireland for almost 10 whole years now.