Irish Slang for Drunk

There are more Irish words for being drunk than there are pubs in Dublin, and that's saying something. Here's the best we could find, sorted by county, from locked and scuttered to fluthered and stocious.

Fermanagh 1

  • SteaminFermanagh +3

    Extremely drunk or heavily intoxicated after a session.

    Your da was pure steamin last night hi, singin rebel songs in the hallway!

Cork 2

  • BollixedCork +3

    Drunk or heavily inebriated.

    After about 50 pints of the Black Stuff I was fairly bollixed

  • ElephantsCork +2

    Very drunk.

    I went out to watch the match and I ended up elephants.

Kerry 1

  • GoosedKerry +3

    Thoroughly drunk the previous night.

    Jez chnist he waz goosed last night.

Waterford 3

  • In the horrorsWaterford +3

    Extremely drunk or in a very bad state from alcohol.

    Jeez lads, I have to head off, I'm in the horrors

  • BuckledWaterford +6

    Very drunk.

    Look at yer man comin ou a bradys he's only buckled.

  • FlutheredWaterford +6

    Drunk.

    He was well fluthered after ten bohels o' Bulmers, sure he couldn't see straight.

Carlow 1

  • LampedCarlow +3

    Very drunk. Also, to be knocked unconscious by a punch.

    He was fare lamped last night!
    Jasus lads I got lamped
    Yer man got lamped out of it yesterday

Dublin 2

  • StociousDublin +6

    Very drunk or inebriated.

    I had twelve pints last night and a couple of vodkas, I was stocious

  • Three sheets in the windDublin +2

    Drunk.

    He was in the boozer all day and was three sheets in the wind

Kilkenny 1

  • ScutteredKilkenny +8

    To be absolutely drunk.

    I had 12 pints last night- I was scuttered, bleeding deadly night it was
    That fella is scooterd out of has balls
    I was scuttered last night

Longford 1

  • OssifiedLongford +7

    Very drunk.

    Aw I was ossified there last night

Offaly 1

  • ArsewaysOffaly +5

    To be severely or cripplingly drunk.

    Where did you go after the pub last night?" "Not a balls notion; I was fuckin' arseways.

Wicklow 1

  • In a hoopWicklow +3

    Very drunk indeed.

    I was in a hoop last night

Galway 3

  • MouldyGalway +14

    To get drunk, be drunk, be hungover, someting that's disgusting.

    Lets get mouldy, I'm awful mouldy, that's mouldy as fuck
    He was mouldy last night

  • RottenGalway +7

    To be very drunk.

    By jaysus you were some rotten last night
    You were bleedy plastered last night

  • LockedGalway +5

    Intensely intoxicated or drunk following a heavy session of drinking.

    Yer wan was completely locked after four gins last night!

Mayo 2

  • CutMayo +4

    Drunk. Intoxicated to a significant degree.

    I was cut last night.

  • LushMayo +3

    Drink, meaning alcohol itself: going on the lush is going drinking, and lushed means drunk. Elsewhere a lush is the drinker, not the drink.

    We were on the lush in Castlebar all weekend and I'm still not right.

Sligo 1

  • TwistedSligo +4

    Drunk or inebriated.

    Man I'm twisted!

Yer man's choice!