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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.

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

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..

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..

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.

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Irishmen :: Irishmen (pl. ) of Irishma.

Absentee :: Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee..

Gadhelic :: Gadhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx..

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

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

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