9 more hapless tourists try to translate Irish slang

I will in me hole.

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“AH SURE STOP the lights, I was gee-eyed!”

Visitors to Ireland don’t stand a chance.

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The guys at Facts video have ambushed another bunch of clueless tourists with some of our most colourful phrases.

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12 words and phrases that have a totally different meaning in Cork

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9 more hapless tourists try to translate Irish slang

Previously: 12 hapless tourists struggling to translate Irish slang>

12 words and phrases that have a totally different meaning in Cork