Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

A lack of will for someone to do somthing

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

An insulting term for a wee four eyed f*cker ( someone who wears glasses)

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

Short version for 'See you later

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

Stop talking or i'll hit you a box in the face

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

Uninsured, untaxed, souped-up minis & nissan micras wit CB aerials and loud exhausts.

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

Meaning any or ever. Used in areas of Roscommon close to Leitrim and the Midlands. Pr: air.

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?".