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

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Quick sneaky drink/jab/look

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Dying sick

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Having a very poor tolerance level. The word threshold is the part of the door frame that you step over. In times gone by it was the peice of wood that went accross the doorway to stop the straw or hay (thresh) from spilling out of the house, long before carpets were used. Hence the word 'threshold'

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

A regional word that's usually placed at the start of a sentence. Used frequently in the northwest of Ireland.

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

Fat arms

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

To have a chat/conversation

 

e.g." me and catherine where havin a wee chinway and...." 

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

When a sexually active girl is on her period, and gaggin' for it, but can't.

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Flexible/Good on the feet

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

From west of the corrib A person that has a minor f*ck up such as misses a shot in pool a free in a match etc