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

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

N. Anat.

Perineum.

 "Tis'nae yer balls, and tis'nae yer arse."

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

When the traits of the father appear in the son

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Masterbating

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

To go and dance somewhat wildly to music

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Parent Category: Connaught

Created: 19 August 2019

A drop

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Meaning modern

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

A dump, as in "thon place is a dunderin inn"

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Free-stater

“Ya Free-stater"

Can be a derogatory term usually directed to people living in the republic of Ireland,Thereby refusing to accept the existence of the republic in the 26 counties of Ireland, Referring to the establishment of the Irish free-state.

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

A typically Northern Irish expression also spoken as "face as long as a Lurgan spade" meaning to look miserable or long faced. One theory about the origin of this expression is that a “Lurgan spade” was an under-paid workman digging what is now the Lurgan Park lake. Another theory is that it is a translation from the Irish language lorga spád meaning the shaft/shin of a spade. Upon observation you would say...