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

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A Roscommon way of saying, 'it would pay you better'. Usually used by parents when giving out to children.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Used when describing something bad that happened

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Used to mean "complete" before insults and negative remarks about a person. Often extended to "the two ends and the middle of".

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Your nothing and you'll never be anything

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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: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Something or someone remarkable, or a remarkable situation. Often preceded by "holy" or "woeful" as an intensive. "A terror for" means "very fond of".

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Do you know?

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A substance or drink that is unpleasant or even harmful.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Used to express a state of shock upon meeting someone you haven't seen in a while. Or finding out something you didn't know already.