Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

pronounced "ssh-tour" dirt, mould, muck. e.g. "Jeez, the schtoor in here would near make ye boke"

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

Used to express shock or phrase

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

Someone so ugly you have to put a bag over your own head to have sex with them

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

talks alot, talks to much

e.g. - "that fella there could chat the hind leg of a dog!"

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

He dates alot of girls

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

A police armoured 4 wheel drive vehicle

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

Used when one is offended by, or aggrevated by another

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

Accelerate!

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

popular in the so-called "Triangle" area (that's Ballymoney, Coleraine, Portrush). used instead of "mate" e.g. "'bout ye sham" meaning "how are you mate?" Often claimed as an Ulster-Scots term. Ulster Scots is a "language" that has been spoken in Ireland for almost 10 whole years now.