Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Someone that lives in the thick of the countryside

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

Well done, or thanks

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

Window

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

Chief Brody the police chief in Jaws movie.

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

Beleive it

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

A walk

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

A term for a cup of tea - where tea is typically hot - or 'scaldy'

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

A telling and accurate delivery.

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.