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

Details

Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

A highly respectable person hailing from the Kilmacormick area of Enniskillen. These people never engage in any illegal activites

Details

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"

Details

Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Fool,Idiot,etc..

Details

Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

To give somebody bad advice - to annoy somebody

Details

Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Creature, person

Details

Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Petal as far as it will go

Details

Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Smell off of someone

Details

Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Someone that is useless

Details

Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

According to our noble Catholic tradition the buying of indulgences ie Mass or Good Intentions will help ya out of purgatory and on your way to heaven. Since Luther hit a notice into a cathedral door the Church has gotten rid of the term indulgences which are now called many a different thing. In Laois' case as in most of Ireland, would be referred to as a good work. With that in mind the reference to ST Peter is a traditional one in that it is said that he'll eb waiting at heavens gate to let the worthy in and the goats out. Seeing as most of us are not Sts and will probaby need a few prayers to get us out od purgatory this expression is used to remind those bound to the earth that them or their relatves are going to need to fork out in order to get them to the house of himself.