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Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.

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..

Megaceros :: Megaceros (n.) The Irish elk.

Brogue :: Brogue (v. t.) A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.

Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..

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

Acre :: Acre (n.) A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English..

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

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

Fading :: Fading (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song..

Irish :: Irish (a.) Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.

Fairish :: Fairish (a.) Tolerably fair.

Gairish/ness :: Gairish/ness (n.) Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness..

Teague :: Teague (n.) An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.

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

Rapparee :: Rapparee (n.) A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary..

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

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

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

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

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