Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

An acronym that stands for: Came from Offaly and Wrecked an Entire Nation.

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

Tea Pronounced tay.

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

To get with a girl (shift or the ride).

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

Having a laff

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

face

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

Damged or broken

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

Hit

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

Used to describe someplace so bad only a dog would go there. To describe someone who looks dishevelled

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

popular in the so-called "Triangle" area (that's Ballymoney, Coleraine, Portrush). used instead of "mate" e.g. "'bout ye sham" meaning "how are you mate?" Often claimed as an Ulster-Scots term. Ulster Scots is a "language" that has been spoken in Ireland for almost 10 whole years now.