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Irish Slang Page

Those of you who talk to me in the park have asked me about the odd terms I use sometimes. In Dublin, or most of Ireland for that matter, we have our own version of the "english" language. Here is some of the things you might here me say or hear in Ireland....

A little fart of a fella......Small person
A soft day............Miserable fucking weather
Are ye lookin for a claim?....Do you want a fight?
Be-dah hokey .................A pretend expression of surprise or can mean that the person hasn't a clue what you are talking about.

Be Jaysus.............An expression of sheer surprise.
Bite the back of me bollix.....Stop bothering me
Do you want your eye dyed?......Do you want a fight?
Don't be actin' the maggot!.......Stop doing that!

Go home and tell your mother/
father to get married.........An insult

Grand altogether......Same boring state of affairs
thinks he's the cat's pyjamas .......Conceited person
fit to be tied........Angry, upset

wouldn't give you the steam
off his/ her piss.............mean person
He'd shite in your parlour
and charge you for it..........Mean person

He's a bit of a molly........He's a feminate person
He's gone for his tea .....Someone killed or after dying

He's like the barber's cat,
full of wind and piss.......Someone all talk and no action

has a face like the back of a bus.....Ugly person
He / She's like a bag of cats.....He / She's in very bad humour

Fukda............An expression of mild displeasure

If the wind blows
you'll be left that way .......said to someone with a strange expression on their face

It gave me the hump .............I found it boring

It was the rale (real)
Ally Daly................It was the genuine article

It was like throwin'
apples into an orchard......It was a stupid thing to do

Specky four eyes ......Anyone who wears glasses
That bockedy-arsed oul' bitch!.........An insult







more to come...*EG*