Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Clare and Limerick Institute of Technology.

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

not good enough for public but good enough for around the house.

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

Mouth

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

A nice looking young woman

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

To vommit or get sick

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

Something which is very sick indeed. Refers to the planes sent to Lourdes every year by various parishes carrying the sick in need of miracle cures.

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

Used when angered/exasperated/impressed by a situation

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.