Editorial standard
Context before confidence
Irish English is a family of regional varieties shaped by history, contact with Irish, social identity, and local change—not a novelty accent or a flat list of slang.
Separate languages and varieties clearly
Irish English entries are labeled separately from Irish-language expressions such as sláinte, slán, and fáilte.
Keep search spellings together
Visitors may search yer wan, your one, or yer one. Variants stay attached to one canonical entry instead of creating duplicate pages.
Explain social force
Each entry records tone, setting, likely audience, and a caution against misuse, stereotype, or overgeneralization.
Show evidence
Entry pages link to dictionaries, language authorities, grammar research, and scholarly overviews rather than hiding uncertainty.
Respect regional ownership
Dublin, Waterford, rural, northern, southern, generational, school, and community uses are not automatically national and universal.
Label machine speech honestly
Browser synthesis is a convenience, not proof of pronunciation. Reviewed human audio would require separate metadata and consent.
Core source library
Comprehensive scholarly overview of English varieties across the island of Ireland, including history, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, pragmatics, and regional variation.
Oxford AcademicThe Vocabulary of Irish EnglishScholarly chapter on the vocabulary of Irish English and the corpus evidence used to describe it.
Oxford AcademicGlossary — The Oxford Handbook of Irish EnglishReference glossary covering Irish English terminology and features such as the after perfective and habitual aspect.
Ulster UniversityOn the ‘After Perfect’ in Irish and Hiberno-EnglishPeer-reviewed research on the history and Irish-language influence behind the Hiberno-English after-perfect construction.
Yale Grammatical Diversity ProjectAfter-perfectsAccessible grammatical description of be + after + verb-ing and its recent-perfect meaning in Irish English.
Cambridge DictionaryCraic — English meaningDictionary definition and Irish English label for enjoyable social time, conversation, and fun.
Cambridge DictionaryEejit — English meaningDictionary definition labeling eejit as a humorous Irish English word for an idiot or foolish person.
Cambridge DictionaryGobshite — English meaningDictionary definition and offensive-register label for gobshite.
Cambridge DictionaryFeck — English meaningDictionary definition and register label for the Irish English exclamation and verb feck.
Collins English DictionaryBanjaxed — definition and meaningDictionary definition for something destroyed, ruined, or no longer working.
Collins English DictionaryCulchie — definition and meaningDictionary definition and Irish informal label for a country person, including its potentially dismissive social force.
Collins English DictionaryJackeen — definition and meaningDictionary entry for a Dublin person, historically carrying class and regional stereotyping.
Collins English DictionaryGombeen — definition and meaningHistorical dictionary evidence for gombeen and gombeen-man, connected with exploitative moneylending and self-serving dealing.
Oxford LanguagesFall 2024 dictionary updateOxford Languages update documenting Irish English additions including debs.
Foras na Gaeilge / TeanglannCraic — Irish Pronunciation DatabaseOfficial Irish-language pronunciation resource showing regional recordings for craic.
Foras na Gaeilge / TeanglannSláinte — Irish dictionary and pronunciationOfficial Irish-language dictionary reference for sláinte, meaning health and used in toasts.
Foras na Gaeilge / TeanglannSlán — Irish dictionary and pronunciationOfficial Irish-language dictionary reference for slán, including safe, sound, and farewell-related uses.
Foras na Gaeilge / TeanglannFáilte — Irish dictionary and pronunciationOfficial Irish-language dictionary reference for fáilte, the word used for welcome.