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

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Limerick term for Tipperary. Based on the traditional Tipperary practice of bringing the hang sangwiches with them along with a flask of cabbage water or tae to the GAA matches for fear of having to actually pay for something. In reality this practice is shared by certain residents of all counties.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Usually shouted at owners of rear wheel drive cars,“Does she go round?”“Does she hoop?”“Can you diff her?”“Can you do doughnuts in your car?”A doughnut or donut is a maneuver performed while driving a vehicle. Performing this maneuver entails rotating the rear or front of the vehicle around the opposite set of wheels in a continuous motion, creating (ideally) a circular skid-mark pattern of rubber on a roadway and possibly even cause the tires to emit smoke from friction.

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

An ugly fat wan

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

A terror

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Lad or boy

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

very, extremely e.g. "I wouldn't go into the bathroom for a while. It's pure stinkin' so it is"

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Face, usually sulky - e.g. "She'd a right puss on her"

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Descriptive term for an ugly person

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

To be very afraid