Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

A Halloween Cake

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

Used in place of 'in' or 'for'. Mainly heard from older people.

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

To service oneself

- "Are ye for out thenight?"

-"Naw, I think I'll just pull the pin and have an early night."

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

Sexual intercourse

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

Banter, Fun

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

A person from the country who is both scary and unintelligible

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?".