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Hibernian :: Hibernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish..

Middleman :: Middleman (n.) An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry..

Foreland :: Foreland (n.) A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England..

Repealer :: Repealer (n.) One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland..

Cottier :: Cottier (n.) In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm..

Shillelah :: Shillelah (n.) An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks..

Rath :: Rath (n.) A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.

Tanist :: Tanist (n.) In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry..

Whiteboy :: Whiteboy (a.) One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids..

Ostmen :: Ostmen (n. pl.) East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called..

Lie :: Lie (adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port..

Englishry :: Englishry (n.) A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.

Foreland :: Foreland (n.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.

Eland :: Eland (n.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk..

Celandine :: Celandine (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort..

Eschar :: Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams..

Orangeman :: Orangeman (n.) One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; -- so called in honor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William III. of England..

Moreland :: Moreland (n.) Moorland.

Sorehon :: Sorehon (n.) Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel..

Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants..

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