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Paddy :: Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

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.

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

Irishmen :: Irishmen (pl. ) of Irishma.

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

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

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

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

Anglo- :: Anglo- () A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish..

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

Hiberno-celtic :: Hiberno-Celtic (n.) The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.

Fairish :: Fairish (a.) Tolerably fair.

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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.

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

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