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

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Oversleep

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A general gom and a fiend

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Head

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Something or someone remarkable, or a remarkable situation. Often preceded by "holy" or "woeful" as an intensive. "A terror for" means "very fond of".

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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.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

expression used to denote an unspecified amount. e.g " thon Judy Finnegan, she wouldn't be a kick in the arse off 60"

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

That's nonsense or not true

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

To Speed

 

"He was hurling along down that road at 150KPH" 

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Short version for 'See you later