Definition of Irish. Meaning of Irish. Synonyms of Irish

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Definition of Irish

Irish
Irish I*rish", n. sing. & pl. 1. pl. The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants. 2. The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic. 3. An old game resembling backgammon.

Meaning of Irish from wikipedia

- Look up Irish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Irish may refer to: Someone or something of, from, or related to: Ireland, an island situated off the...
- horse racing, golf, and boxing. The names Ireland and Éire derive from Old Irish Ériu, a goddess in Irish mythology first recorded in the ninth century...
- Irish people (Irish: Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common history...
- exacerbated by the bursting of the Irish property bubble. The Irish name for Ireland is Éire, deriving from Ériu, a goddess in Irish mythology. The state created...
- Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), or Gaelic (/ˈɡeɪlɪk/ ****-lik), also sometimes known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch...
- of Irish nationalism, and disputes within Ireland over the terms of Irish Home Rule, led eventually to the partition of the island in 1921. The Irish Free...
- independent Ireland. Today, the former generally see themselves as British and the latter generally see themselves as Irish, while a Northern Irish or Ulster...
- Irish nationalism is a nationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, ****erts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign...
- Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish may refer to: Ulster Scots people, an ethnic group in Ulster, Ireland, who trace their roots to settlers from Scotland Scotch-Irish...
- Irish Americans are ethnic Irish who live in the United States and are American citizens. Most Irish Americans today are descendants from immigrants who...