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

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Something that happens regularly or habitually 'does be' happening; John 'does go' to mass on Sunday. Also sometimes expressed as 'bees'.

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Knacker / gypo

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Extremely intoxicated.

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Everything is ok

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

The money the government a parent receives monthly to help with the financial burden a child brings.

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Used to describe stupid people

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

The farmers journal

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

'A thing of' is a very Irish way of describing an inanimate object, usually a container or packaging of sorts. Be it down to laziness, or actually not knowing the name of what the object is, this expression has many uses.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

A Derry boys description of someone a brick shy of a load. (an idiot)