Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Poor lad

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

How we say Nougat in Waterford. The correct pronunciation is of course New-gah.

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

Kute Hoor

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

A person from china

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

What are you doing ?

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

Someone doing something that they shouldn't be doing e.g. a ref giving a bad decision at a game, a child playing with a box of matches, a garda pulling up someone for pissing in a dark alley etc.

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

The middle of nowhere

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

I understand

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

I'm almost finished with Robert Ludlum's novel THE ICARUS AGENDA, which has two slang phrases in it that have me scratching my head (a lot). "A two toilet Irish detective" is supposed to be American Boston-Irish slang, and I guess isn't too hard to figure out. I still wanna know!