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Irish
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I·rish  (rsh)
adj.
Of or relating to Ireland or its people, language, or culture.
n.
1. (used with a pl. verb) The people of Ireland.
2.
a. See Irish Gaelic.
3. Informal Fieriness of temper or passion; high spirit.

[Middle English, from Old English ras, the Irish; see pei- in Indo-European roots.]

Irish
Adjective
of Ireland
Noun
1. same as Irish Gaelic
2. the dialect of English spoken in Ireland
Noun, pl
the Irish the people of Ireland
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.IrishIrish - people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
nation, country, land - the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
2.Irish - whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley
whiskey, whisky - a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
poteen - unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey
Irish coffee - sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and whipped cream
3.Irish - the Celtic language of Ireland
Erse, Gaelic, Goidelic - any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland
Old Irish - Irish Gaelic up to about 1100
Middle Irish - Irish Gaelic from 1100 to 1500
Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Adj.1.Irish - of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people

Irish
adjective Hibernian, green
Translations
Irish [ˈaɪrɪʃ] adjirlandés/esa
n (LING) → irlandés m;
the Irish npllos irlandeses
Irish [ˈaɪrɪʃ] adjirlandais(e)
npl the Irish → les Irlandais n (Ling) → irlandais m;
the Irish nplles Irlandais
Irish [ˈaɪrɪʃ] adjirisch
npl the Irish → die Iren pl, die Irländer pl
Irish [ˈaɪrɪʃ] adjirlandese
npl the Irish → gli Irlandesi


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She is shrewd on Bowen's Irishness, her complicated childhood and adolescence, her long and happy but probably companionate marriage, her love affairs, her literary and social friendships, her accomplishments.
In Rachel Bluntzer Hebert's literary "ballad" that draws upon the folk legends, this tragic transformation from Irishness to "whiteness" is an implicit, repressed theme.
This lay interpretation of Irishness was reinforced with varying degrees of int ensity by clerical leaders, who viewed the metaphor of Irish nationality within a predominantly religious frame of reference and extolled the virtues of a holy and cruelly oppressed 'Isle of Erin'.
 
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