Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Praise

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

Keep going,go on

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.

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

A person who is a tad partial to a bit of the oul penis.

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

LEss than complimentary but nonetheless funy typo for Limerick.

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

Diarrhoea

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

This phrase is used when referring to a wealthy individual usually far more wealthy than his neighbours in the Parish. He his said to have more land than the Parish Priest, therefore making him wealthy indeed.