A French prostitute wishing to ply her trade in a Gaeltacht area is informed by the local pimp that due to an oversupply of Latvian hookers she will be restricted to working after 6:30pm.

She came to be known locally as 'La whore tar éis a sé'.

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Hello! I'm interested in multilingual jokes, but I didn't start learning Irish. Could you tell me which linguistic resource is used here to make it funny? I mean, a translation and explanation. Would you say the Joke is bilingual or trilingual? Thank you!

, I'm sure I've heard this one from you before!



Its a bilingual joke, though you don't need much French to understand just a little Irish.

In Irish to say 6.30 you'd say:

"Leath-uair tar-éis a sé" which translates directly to half an hour past six.

"La whore" is pronounced very similarly to "leath- uair".

"La whore tar-éis a sé"

"Leath-uair tar-éis a sé"

Get it now?

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Here are some other oldies which I probably got from you cunning linguists in the first place!


Micilín, the farmer, is walking his land in Galway when he spies a hill walker scooping water from a pool in the palm of his hand and drinking it.
Stad! Stad anois! Tá an t-uisce sin nimhiúil. Saghas baictéir atá ann, warned Micilín.
I’m sorry. I’m English. I don’t understand. Can you speak English?
I said, use both hands. It’s much quicker.




Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams see Ian Paisley walk by at the time when dialogue between Nationalists and Unionists was being promoted.

‘An gceapann tú gur cóir dúinn labhairt leis an duine sin in aon chor’, arsa Gerry le Mairtin.

‘Ní cheapaim’ arsa Máirtín!




Latest news: only coffee may be served in restaurants in Gaeltacht areas. Apparently there’s a ban on tea.



Irish learner goes into the local cafe in gaoth dobhair.

ba mhaith liom anraith, he tells the waiter

waiter comes back with a bowl of soup and the learner notices that there's a fly in it.

so he calls the waiter back.

tá rud i m'anraith a chara.

heh? says the waiter

féach! says the learner, an cuileog

waiter peers into soup

ach! an chuileog, says he to himself, and says he to the learner, an chuileog. it's feminine.

feck, says the learner, but you've got good eyesight.

That's hilarious!. I think I heard this one as well from you Scooby maybe off the same thread as Saoirse's.

So everyone might understand:

"Stad! Stad anois! Tá an t-uisce sin nimhiúil. Saghas baictéir atá ann.."
Stop! Stop now! The water is poisonous. Its a type of bacteria....

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This is an old thread from March so you probably read it when it was first posted! Always worth another read though!

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Since I'm trying to learn Munster Irish, I thought I should contribute this:

Cén teanga a labhraítear ar an nGealach?
Gaolainn na Moon. (Mumhan)

There is another good joke about two men conversing in Irish and a bystander with limited Irish listening.
One man said to the other that he needed to give his "van" a good kick every morning (to start it).
And the bystander was shocked because he thought he said "a bhean". (which is Irish for "his wife" and sounds similar to "van")

I know I'm very bad at telling jokes. If somebody has the original version please post it.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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