Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

From an old anti smoking advert

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

If a high ball was dropping into the goal area in a GAA match, this is a shout from the big man on the team letting other weaker players know he is about to jump for it.

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

to be very upset or aditated

example - "my mum nearly had 40,000 canaries, she was so mad"

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

'A thing of' is a very Irish way of describing an inanimate object, usually a container or packaging of sorts. Be it down to laziness, or actually not knowing the name of what the object is, this expression has many uses.