Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Your a nice person

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

Describes a person that will try their hand at anything

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

Person from the countryside or of agricultural persuasion

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

Vigina. ( gang green ganja) Dirty Vigina

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

Really Drunk

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

A term used to describe an older person that dressed in younger clothes to make them look young

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

Good evening to you young Francis

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

Usually at the end of a sentence and often used by Conamara men. Mhac meaning son of but also can be described as brother or friend in this case.

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

In Belfast, if you enter a fast food takeaway and ask for a fish supper, the server may well ask "what's ur cawn" in a broad Belfast accent. To which you might reply "fanta". Over the years it has become commonplace to use this phrase as a greeting. So, instead of "what about ye?", you may say "what's ur cawn?".