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

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Joking or fooling someone.....similiar to kidding...

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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...

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Average: lacking exceptional quality or ability

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

A phrase you use as you head butt someone

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Thats ok, it's fine,  'it's grand'

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

To do something in haste

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Being stuck up

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Used to describe someone who loses a lot of money gambling or drinking

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

To cause trouble