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bulb off someone:look like someone.

Burdizzo:castration device.

camogie:the female version of Hurling.

chancer:an opportunist.

Child of Prague:a religious statue farmers place out in a field to encourage good weather (an old Irish superstition).

chipper:a restaurant that sells fast food.

Clonamore:town next to Ballylaggin.

come here till I kill ya:come here and let me hit you.

cooker:oven/Stove/Hob.

cop on:behave yourself.

corker:beautiful woman.

couldn’t get his hole in a polo factory:unlucky in love.

cracking:brilliant.

crack on:do something/get going.

craic:fun.

the craic was ninety:Having a lot of fun and banter.

Culchie:a person from the countryside or a county outside of Dublin. Usually used as a friendly insult.

cute hoor:a clever/slick person.

daft:silly.

daft as a brush:very silly.

deadly:great.

dicky day:children’s allowance day.

did you fla her last night:did you sleep with her.

doing a foxer:working for cash in hand.

doing a line:dating.

dolled up to the nines:dressed up and looking good.

don’t be scabby:don’t be mean.

don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining:don’t lie to me.

dosser:someone not doing what they should be doing.

drive on:keep going.