Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

No way

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

Invocation of the Christ's name in an incredulous and unbelieving manner

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

Asking for a ''backer'' on a pushbike

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

It means that it is the same thing either way

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

In Belfast, if you enter a fast food takeaway and ask for a fish supper, the server may well ask "what's ur cawn" in a broad Belfast accent. To which you might reply "fanta". Over the years it has become commonplace to use this phrase as a greeting. So, instead of "what about ye?", you may say "what's ur cawn?".