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Wake :: Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish..

Disestablishment :: Disestablishment (n.) The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament..

Poteen :: Poteen (n.) Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry..

Hibernianism :: Hibernianism (n.) An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.

Fairish :: Fairish (a.) Tolerably fair.

Nationalist :: Nationalist (n.) One who advocates national unity and independence; one of a party favoring Irish independence.

Irishry :: Irishry (n.) The Celtic people of Ireland.

Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.

Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.

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

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

Gairish :: Gairish (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.

Brehon :: Brehon (n.) An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.

Irishman :: Irishman (n.) A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.

Ogham :: Ogham (n.) A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc..

Iricism :: Iricism (n.) Irishism.

O :: O' () A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol..

Goemin :: Goemin (n.) A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.

Shamrock :: Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

Irishmen :: Irishmen (pl. ) of Irishma.

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