Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Stop talking or i'll hit you a box in the face

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

Head

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

Some little sh*te, or gobsite

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

Run or move quite fast

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

Hello

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?".