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

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

A very skinny person is said to look like 'a pull through for a rifle'  

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

The Foundary was a factory in Waterford where everyone's grandfather used to work. It was located down by the kay river. They used to pronounce it in this way due to the peculiar gutteral r sound of the old Waterford accent.

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

In good form

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Whooping cough..Violent cough causing the victim to move and heave to clear the chest.....not so much the term but the way it was used by a certain fellow in his description of how it might effect or in his case enhance love making......

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Gud song

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Dont have

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Lad or boy

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

This is a very, very common thing amongst Irish people when describing a person, place or thing. Because sometimes we can't articulate how large or small an object is, or the skin tone of an individual or even the heat of a local curry dish - we use this a lot! We basically just say the word twice and the person who gets the info knows exactly what we mean by tone alone.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

After a night of boozing its the drink that's suppose to cure the headache." Aye right jack LOL"