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

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

A way of ending a conversation.

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Excellent.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A strange type of a man

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Falling over drunk.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Your a stupid/Mouthy fella.

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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?".

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Extacy

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Often (pejorative)

-"He's always down at the pub; sure he's drunk at every fart's end!"

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

An way of expressing a dislike for anything you see, for example a badly modified car or an ugly girl.