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

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

In the process of courting a young lady you try your luck by moving your head in the direction of her lips. This act usually occurs at the end of a social night. This may result in a "Shift" or a "slap" both of which you can "chat" to the boyz about.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

To 'go wrong' is to drink to excess.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Fool

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A charactaristic way of walking, sometimes implying insult but not necessarily. A certain grace of movement displayed by most Leitrim people.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Short for Patrickswell on the Cork road from Limerick.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

News or scandal.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

To express ones shock or suprise

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Loosely translates as ham sandwiches, but cheese and about a half pound of butter are needed to make one properly (And a pack of taytos for the conossers).

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

To wish someone good luck in their future dealings as you depart, used instead of phrases like Goodbye