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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.

Milesian :: Milesian (a.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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.

Carrigeen :: Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce..

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..

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..

Fairish :: Fairish (a.) Tolerably fair.

Bandle :: Bandle (n.) An Irish measure of two feet in length.

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

Bogtrotter :: Bogtrotter (n.) One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of 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..

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