Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Hold on a minute

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

a way of telling someone to go away or "clear off"

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

A sneaky person

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

an expression encouraging the listener to air on the side of lesser haste. in English "Now hang on a minute" e.g. "houl yer horses boys, dont be payin up yet, sure we dont even know if there's a bar in this hotel"

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

A Troublemarker

e.g. - "he's a bad egg that one!"

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

In addition to

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

A bure you’d ride, even if her bed was covered with potato crisps

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

Very good (contrary to the dictionary definitions of "full of or involving woe" and "lamentably bad or serious"). Also used as an adverb before adjectives (but not as "woefully") to mean "very".