Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

A way of saying someone is half cut or quite drunk due to a large consumption of alcohol.

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

A person of the catholic faith

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

Pale, ill, scared - e.g. "He was very shook looking"

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

Bad atmosphere

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.