You know you're really Irish when...

[Gossipyfishwife]

...you tell the barman to put the change in the poor box.

Oh yes, can't forget the 'God love hers'!

Holy God Worra , I'm still accusing my lot of boiling the bejaysus out of stuff. Only my da could say boiling the arse out of it .

Ah shurrr all english people think any trace of an accent whatsoever is "strong".
My irish accent is a strong irish accent compared to the strength of irish accent in your average english accent.

And I don't think my dad was complimenting me whenever he called me a latchico.

WeGotAnnie that made me howl! Obsessed with who's died, who might die, who had a close call with death, who sneezed!

God save us and preserve us

The state of ya...You wagon...she's a wagon...d'you know the way like...Ara,I'm grand...Ara it's grand...Not a bother...Scarlet for you...Scarlet for your mother...how'a'ya doin?

No one understands me in work.

There's great drying in it

I remember my mate's mum describing a fight outside a pub.

She said "And there was Thomas now. He grabbed hold of Mick and fecked him over the wall".

Me and my mate were like this --> [shocked]

Then we remembered 'feck' also means 'throw'

to 'tear the arse out of it' can apply to a number of situations

If the old deckchair in the shed was full of earwigs, it was "Running alive"

If you make a mess of the dinner, it's 'gone to sceach'

I suppose 'tear the arse out of' might raise a few eyebrows amongst the uninitiated!

I live near the sea, and a popular threat amongst the yoof is

'you do that again and I'll buck you inta the tide, you wee shite'

When females disagree, it is usually expressed as

'Donna heard about what Mary said, and she's gonna tear the face clean off her'

My Mum always told us to 'stop caffling' when we were fighting.

"The glory hole" was the cupboard under the stairs.
You had a milkman, insurance man a bread man and a vegetable man.
Any ache or pain or hardship were dismissed by the words "there won't be a word about it the day of your wedding"
"Your jokin" when someone imparts bad news to you.
You have a "drop of tea"
You know the seed breed and generation of all your neighbours and peers.
Wheaten bread is brown soda bread.
You have "good clothes"

Weather is measured on great a day it is for drying clothes outside

My gran had a great line in bitchy comments about ither woman

'the cut of her!'

'yer two ton tessie one'

'yer skinny lizzie one'

'the sour puss'

Etc

Dad refers to any inanimate object as a "fella" as in "pass me that little fella there". Could be anything from a pin to a plug.
Also saying "brought" instead of "took" as in "I brought the children to school"

Wheelie they sound tough where you live!

Face Lehane, anyone?

'Gurriers' and 'bowsies'

"Oyl give you a dig"

"Come here while I get dug out of ya!"

My dad's favourites- 'there's been a quer stretch in the evenings', 'keep her lit', 'go on you wee skitter'.

They would like to think they are squoosh. The threats in ordinary conversation would curl your hair, however anytime an actual fight breaks out, (twice a year, usually after the summer tractor parade) there is deep shock, much disapproval directed at 'the young ones today', and it is the sole topic of conversation for the next month.