Definition of irish

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

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Nationalist :: Nationalist (n.) One who advocates national unity and independence; one of a party favoring Irish independence.
Wake :: Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish..
Gairish/ness :: Gairish/ness (n.) Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness..
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..
Megaceros :: Megaceros (n.) The Irish elk.
Irishman :: Irishman (n.) A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.
Gairish :: Gairish (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.
Gadhelic :: Gadhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx..
Brehon :: Brehon (n.) An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.
Banshie :: Banshie (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house..
Irishmen :: Irishmen (pl. ) of Irishma.
Fairish :: Fairish (a.) Tolerably fair.
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.
Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.
Gairishly :: Gairishly (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.
Irishism :: Irishism (n.) A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.
Goemin :: Goemin (n.) A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.
Poteen :: Poteen (n.) Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry..
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