Irish
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- adjective
- /ˈaɪrɪʃ/
- Mike Shane and two of his Irish pals strut down the street like they own it.
- an Irish woman
- Irish society
- Irish writer
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Watch on YouTubeThat's super, that is, that's Irish, you know, that is Irish.
- That's super, that is, that's Irish, you know, that is Irish.
- The bodyguard we sent over, the Irish lad wasn't wasn't shy.
- But other countries, people who had Irish passports were OK.
- I've always heard about like, the Irish countryside.
- He had a girlfriend who was an illiterate Irish worker.
- Or, as Neve the Irish lady would say, pokey.
- And he said in an Irish accent, get down on police.
- And he said in an Irish accent, get down on, please.
- And she had like an Irish accent, but I won't do that.
- It was, in fact, like an Irish version of the Feshbiel, right?
- I went on hunt for the most Irish bar I could find.
- His father was a Irish immigrant cotton planter.
- So imagine my Irish pub, O Flegos Irish pub, right?
- Now supposed to do that with an Irish bro Bishop.
- This weird sounding like, you know, like Irish pirate robot.
Examples
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What's a nice Irish girl like you doing out here?
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Similar arguments were made in the Irish and Brazilian courts.
Academic text (2011) -
It's an old Irish tradition.
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Murphy loves a good Irish breakfast when he can get his hands on it.
Fiction book (1991) -
His ambition is to become the first major Irish poet writing in English.
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Book burnings were common, and nearly all of the early Irish material was lost.
Academic text (2011) -
The U.S. wanted to extradite him, but the Irish authorities never could seem to find him.
Fiction book (1991) -
But Irish-Americans don't have to chose.
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The easy Irish charm.
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The Irish people celebrate St. Patrick's Day with parades and music.
Compounds
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A group of people who use violence to try to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite Ireland
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A country of 26 of Ireland's 32 counties that became independent from the United Kingdom in 1921
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A time in Ireland from 1845 to 1852 when a potato disease made many people starve and leave the country
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An armed Irish group that used violence to end British rule in Northern Ireland
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The earliest form of Irish written and spoken in Ireland and Scotland from the 6th to the 12th centuries
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A round loaf made with baking soda and buttermilk, often with raisins or caraway seeds
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A large dog with a curly brown coat and a nearly hairless tail that fetches things from water
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A group that uses violence to remove British soldiers from Northern Ireland and unite Ireland
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An armed group that split from the Provisional IRA in 1997 and uses violence against the Northern Ireland peace process
A group that uses violence to oppose the Northern Ireland peace process
A form of the Irish language used in speech and writing from about 1100 to 1500
- Irish
A way people write English words in Ireland using British forms like colour
A way of spelling English used in Ireland that is similar to British spelling but with some Irish differences
A small evergreen tree with bright red berries that you can eat but are not very sweet
- Offensive
A small armed Irish group that uses bombs and guns to oppose peace talks
An early form of Irish spoken and written in Ireland until about the year 1100
Surface Forms
Etymology
The adjective Irish comes from the place name Éire, which means 'Ireland', so it means 'of or about Ireland' or its people.