Irish Republic
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3.5
- proper noun
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República de Irlanda
- In the Irish Republic, the government promotes policies for equality and social justice.
But my mother is born and was born and bred Waterford in the Irish Republic.
- But my mother is born and was born and bred Waterford in the Irish Republic.
Examples
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This idealized view has, since the proclamation of the Irish Republic by rebels during the 1916 uprising, endowed republicans with a belief in their own moral authority to resist British rule.
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"The Irish Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, "equal rights and equal opportunities to all."
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Per the terms of the Treaty, the six predominantly Protestant Unionist counties to the north voted on whether they wanted to be part of the new Irish Republic.
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I have been blogging about a trip to the Irish Republic in May, and it is impossible not to devote more space than usual to the history that just hangs over the place, informing much of what you see and feel.
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Abortion is illegal in the heavily Catholic country, but this incident has sparked a fierce and highly necessary debate about women's rights and outdated abortion laws in the Irish Republic.
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Outside Dublin's General Post Office, rebel leader Padraig Pearse reads a proclamation, declaring the birth of an independent Irish Republic.
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Bertie Ahern served as the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic from 1997 to 2008.
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The Irish Republic was established in 1922, marking a significant milestone in Irish history.
Synonyms
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1.0
A country that covers most of the island west of Great Britain and is officially called the Republic of Ireland
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7.7
The official Irish name for the Republic of Ireland
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3.1
An independent country that covers most of the island of Ireland
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'Irish' specifies the country and 'republic' denotes a state governed by elected representatives, so together they mean the republic belonging to Ireland. This is a standard noun–noun/adj–noun construction (cf. 'Republic of Ireland') that is cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Irish Republic: The name Irish Republic comes from Irish leaders who declared their country 'independent' from Britain after a struggle for freedom in the early 1900s. Calling it a 'republic' showed they wanted a country run by its own people, not by a king, so today Irish Republic means the independent state now called the Republic of Ireland.