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

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

If you ask someone a question like where is someone and this would be the smart reply you would get!

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

To eat the head off someone is to shout at them aggressively

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

You're an eegit

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

After a night of boozing its the drink that's suppose to cure the headache." Aye right jack LOL"

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Messing engaged in to prevent real work taking place. See also, Ginnet (acting the)

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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: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

A queer slut

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

To fall down hard.

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Given as a suffix to a persons first name. Usually to a person who is your friend. It doesn't techincally describe anything about the person.