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

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Doing nothing, idling

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

You are worse than a donkey, idiot egit fool

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

To kiss

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

She Was Drinkin Like A Fish

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Name given to your mate when they do something unexpected.

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Will ya be quiet

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Derry term.

(noun) a tight-fisted person
eg. what a stoke! she wouldn't spend christmas

(verb) to steal
eg. someone stoked my bike

(adjective) cheap, tacky, worn out (similar to "gypy")
eg. that tracksuit's a bit stokey lookin

 

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Do you get me?

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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.