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

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Old-fashioned term for dating, could mean anything from holding hands to a sweaty shag in a haystack. Generally used by people who still call a radio a wireless.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

1. Can be used as an exclamative term, for example, after a spillage "ballix, i spilled milk everywhere"

2. Can be used to desribe when something is not believable. Example "the grass is pink" "aye, ballix"

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

If buts,and`s and maybes.

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Used in several different ways. 1. "Job" can be used to describe whether something was sorted out between individuals satifactorily ("job"), 2. whether a job was done well by someone("da job") 3. or whether something looked convincing or not ("da job").

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Anyone who has a good personality or is spontaneous.

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Going for a walk down the street

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Nickname for the Shantallow estate in Derry

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

A name given to a referendum to be held at the end of May in Ireland by the Yes campaigners.