Craic
Pronounced crack, it refers to fun, good times, abandonment, often involving alcohol or music. Also, scandal, gossip, “action”
Wan
A person, particularly a woman
Liverpool away strip
The jersey for the Liverpool football club that the team wears when playing games away from home
Crisps
Cold potato chips
Chip shop
Fast-food restaurant, often fish and chips
Takeaway
Take-out food
LOADED
Men’s magazine in the U.K. and Ireland, similar to MAXIM in the U.S.
Cop-off
Have sexual relations
Eason & Son
Irish book store
Necking
Drinking or imbibing alcohol or drugs
Loo
Bathroom
Lippy
Lipstick
Off-license
Place to buy take-away beer, wine or liquor
Brendan Behan
Irish playwright, novelist, short story writer and poet. Behan, who once described himself as a “drinker with a writing problem,” was notorious for his heavy drinking and public appearances.
Sunk
Drank
RTE
Radio Telefís Éireann, Irish public television station and radio
Chips
French fries
Punter
One who bets, usually on race horses
O2
Mobile service provider in the British Isles
Brown Thomas
Irish department store carrying high-end products
Trocaire
Foreign development agency of the Irish Catholic Church
Hollier
Holiday
Merc
Mercedes
Anadin
An over-the-counter pain reliever