Ireland
- proper noun
- /ˈaɪərlənd/
- Davi is coming back to Ireland with me.
- Irish in Ireland
- Dublin, Ireland
- Ireland and England
We had a map of Ireland with Dublin on it.
- We had a map of Ireland with Dublin on it.
- So we are going to Ireland and really excited about that.
- Two EU countries, Britain and Ireland, have retained their border controls.
- And they live in Greystones, Ireland, which is like an hour South of Dublin.
- My father, who is from the Republic of Ireland, wouldn't like it.
- So I'm coming now from Karachi to Shannon, Ireland and then from Shannon to JFK.
- So if you don't play GAA in Ireland, you're a nobody.
- Many outside thought of this as a huge win for Ireland, a tax windfall.
- We're going to go to do, we've done Ireland on foot as infantry.
- So in Nigeria, in in Ireland and in Ukraine.
- I mean, you know that in Ireland they don't have Bluetooth technology.
- So Wales, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, whatever, who cares?
- Because ballasted in Israel strikes Irish people like Britain and Ireland a lot.
Examples
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We are sitting outside an Irish pub in Ireland and it's sunny outside.
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We had a map of Ireland with Dublin on it.
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So we are going to Ireland and really excited about that.
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Question of the day, word association, I say, Ireland, you say.
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You grew up in Ireland?
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And a little shout out to the fans here in Ireland who were amazing.
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In February of last year Ireland went to the polls.
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And he is from the South of Ireland in County Kerry.
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She returned home to Ireland in triumph and to a hero's welcome.
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She returned home to Ireland in triumph and to a hero's welcome.
Synonyms
The official Irish name for the Republic of Ireland
A country of 26 of Ireland's 32 counties that became independent from the United Kingdom in 1921
An independent country that covers most of the island of Ireland
Compounds
The official name of the country in northwest Europe made of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
A Christian church in Ireland that was once part of the Church of England but now runs itself
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ireland as the country's name comes from the same source: old Irish Éire plus English land meaning 'land'. So the nation that covers most of the island is called Ireland because it is 'Éire's land', similar to names like England or Scotland that also use land.