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

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Often used when you want someone to move out of your way or when a person is drunk

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Limerick term for Tipperary. Based on the traditional Tipperary practice of bringing the hang sangwiches with them along with a flask of cabbage water or tae to the GAA matches for fear of having to actually pay for something. In reality this practice is shared by certain residents of all counties.

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Our day will come!

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A group of neighbours working together.

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Term of endearment for a female

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

To describe a fool

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Euphemism describing the act of defecating, metaphorically speaking. Otherwise known as taking a good hard shyte for oneself. This particular expression is used when the excrement is of a particularly large and solid nature.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Sly person, calculating - e.g. "She's a bit of a sleeveen"

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Someone who is very generous, particularly with money, is said to be flaithiúlach