Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

People just say this randomly. i don't no why!

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

Terribal

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

A person who is prone to talking a load of bollocks even to the point of needing a muzzle.

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

Sandwich

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

Gile= unreal talent

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

People who would argue about absolutely anything, even the most mundane.

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

Pregnant

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

A typically Northern Irish expression also spoken as "face as long as a Lurgan spade" meaning to look miserable or long faced. One theory about the origin of this expression is that a “Lurgan spade” was an under-paid workman digging what is now the Lurgan Park lake. Another theory is that it is a translation from the Irish language lorga spád meaning the shaft/shin of a spade. Upon observation you would say...