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

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Lad. said to both sexes. Commonly used at the end of a statement, usually refering to the person you are talking to.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

He's taking so long, he'll never get it done

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Madra rince= dancing dog

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

An insignificant but jumped-up fellow or girl

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Describing someone or something that is useless or of no value

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

When someone is extremely drunk and the amount of alcohol they have taken can be compared to the amount of stolen goods in the bra of a female of the traveliing community.

Jez boys im in back nick the day, I was as full as a gypseys bra last night.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

1. Can be used as an exclamative term, for example, after a spillage "ballix, i spilled milk everywhere"

2. Can be used to desribe when something is not believable. Example "the grass is pink" "aye, ballix"

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Chugger is a combination of the words charity and mugger. A charity mugger is a generally a student or young adult (paid) volunteer who aggressively asks you to fill in a questionnaire for their particular cause be it Concern, Greenpeace, Baby Seal Clubbers. Generally chuggers don't take no for an answer so it is better to never make eye contact with them and tell them to feck off if they even open their mouths. In the movie Airplane you can see an example of how to deal with chuggers effectively.

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

A casual way of saying goodbye (my father is the only person I know that says this)