Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

An overly tired person who would give scant consideration to the sexuality of certain men sleeping along side him in a bed!

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

Hot chick

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

Term to describe something very small

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

To get drunk

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

Someonoe who's very shmart!

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

as in the belfast telegraph

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

Hang with the girls

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.