Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Bad atmosphere

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

Inquisitive person.

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

To have sex with someone.

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

Used to describe a person that dressed untidy wearing badly fitted or worn clothes

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.