Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Distance

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

Vangina

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

Slang term for heroin in Dublin

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

Someone who'll get what's comin to him.

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

Chasing/data a woman/women

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

*somebody who is shocked by what they hear or see*

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

Some beaut

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

A particular drinking establishment in Coolock, due to it's former name; 'the black sheep'

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

Having a very poor tolerance level. The word threshold is the part of the door frame that you step over. In times gone by it was the peice of wood that went accross the doorway to stop the straw or hay (thresh) from spilling out of the house, long before carpets were used. Hence the word 'threshold'