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

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

To shorten the bottom layer in a haycock

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

French kissing

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

descriptive of someone who is not regarded as having a high intellect e.g." I'm afraid your honour, my client didn't understand the question as he is as thick as champ"

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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...

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Midge a small fly that feeds on blood.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Commenting on someones appearance

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Common as muck male

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

The money the government a parent receives monthly to help with the financial burden a child brings.

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Couldn't get sex anyone to have sex with