Irish Slang - Funny Irish Phrases, Expressions, & Irish Spoken Language

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Used as an exclamation at something happening. Eg. at a hurling match when a person scores a goal in a humurous way a person can joke. "Did ya see that, Up she flew and the cock flattened her!"

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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.

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Hungry for food

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

A term used to describe being annoyed

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Derogotory term used by a town dweller for a country person.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Monaghan for "Go'way fuck yourself". Equivalent to New York's "Get de fuck outta here".

 Origins thought to be linked to local taxi phone number.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A white person that wants to be black

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

When drinking a mix of alcohol in 1 glass

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Superstition