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

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Greeting. trans..'how are you?' reply 'im grand'

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

1. Can be used as an exclamative term, for example, after a spillage "ballix, i spilled milk everywhere"

2. Can be used to desribe when something is not believable. Example "the grass is pink" "aye, ballix"

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

expression. "I say" e.g. "Jeez boy, thon's some size of a house"

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Broken, can also mean tired - e.g. "It was banjaxed beyond all help"

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

An ugly woman

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Commenting on someones appearance

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

In deep

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Used to describe a male as good looking or to describe clothes as fashionable

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

This phrase is used when referring to a wealthy individual usually far more wealthy than his neighbours in the Parish. He his said to have more land than the Parish Priest, therefore making him wealthy indeed.