Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

N. Anat.

Perineum.

"Tis'nae yer balls, and tis'nae yer arse."

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

Hang with the girls

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

Acts like a big man, But is usually just a teenager..

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

Funnel.

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

Describe someone who would steal anything.

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

Used to describe a small building

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

Infuriated/angry.

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

Asking for a ''backer'' on a pushbike

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.