gness is a well educated ma'am, having mistressed both languages....
Irish, well.........it's an art - let's have a look at the language she grew up woth.
'Irish people speak English; but it's an Irish sort of English, which can take some getting used to. So, if you are going to have any chance making your way round the island, a few helpful tips on the local vocabulary would be helpful.
How To Say Hello - Greetings tend to vary from place to place. In the southeast it might be 'Well, boy'; while up north you might be greeted with 'Bout ye'. In parts of Dublin it could be 'Howyiz', while in County Cork you might be confronted with 'Howsitgoin' boy'? A more rural equivalent is 'How's she cuttin'?' A suitable reply is 'Grand altogether' if you are in good form, or 'Survivin' if not.
Having FunIrish Drinking stories.....Irish people like having fun, and have many words to describe this national propensity. Even "fun" has its own word - the crack - spelled craig.
Inebriation and the Irish - Drunkenness, for some strange reason, has a rich lexicon in Ireland. You can be ossified, fluthered, in the horrors, langers, locked, paralytic, plastered, scuttered, stocious, twisted and sozzled, to name but a few - so many different words to mean the same thing.
Miscellaneous Funny Irish Phrases - Wayward children are never naughty - they are bold. To be tired or broken down is to be banjaxed or knackered.
To procrastinate or delay something is to put it on the long finger.
A sub-standard dwelling is called a kip.
If someone is annoying you, they are blaggarding.
To ask someone to be quiet you might say whisht!
A scratcher is a bed, and the jacks is a toilet.
To emphasise something the word fierce is often used, as in 'fierce hard' [ie difficult] or 'he has a fierce strong accent'. The words quare8or awful can also be used to denote emphasis.
To accomplish something quickly is to do it fairly lively.
Shenanigans refers to intrigue, trickery or hidden manoeuvres designed to effect a certain outcome.
Good luck, you kids out there, with the Irish primary test...Slainte.