What do Irish people call their Mothers and Fathers?

Question

What do Irish people call their Mothers and Fathers?

Answer 1

i don't know any Irish who call their mother ,mum. I heard of ma, or mam, or even mammy. father is da, dad or daddy....

or aul fella or me aul wan,.

Answer 2

it's normally posh ppl who call there parents mammy and daddy, Ma and Da is normal for the commoners tho

Answer 3

I'm Irish I call my parents by their first names.

Common Dublin people say Ma and da or me aul fella.

Posh ones say mum and daddy.

Some people say mammy and daddy.

I think most Irish say mam/mom and dad though.

My friend says mum but her mother was raised in England.

Answer 4

People who say Mum or Dad are often regarded as copying the way the English do it - just like slang words are copied (but that goes the other way too sometimes - I've heard Mammy and Daddy used in England). I've also heard people copying the American "Mom".

Mammy and Daddy are the most usual in Ireland (and Scotland too I believe).

Answer 5

Usually Mum and Dad or Mammy and Daddy.

Edit: Actually christine, I know plenty of people who are Irish and used to, or still do, call their parents Mum and Dad. And I'm Irish, not Enlgish, or English as I think you mean.

Answer 6

ma and the auld lad or da

Answer 7

Usually mum and dad.  It kind of depends where you're from and how old you are.  Most of the people I know say mum and dad though.

Answer 8

Mam and Dad, or Ma and Da.

Irish people never call their mother mum, thats the way the Enlgish say it.