Irish

noun

ˈī-rish

plural in construction : natives or inhabitants of Ireland or their descendants especially when of Celtic speech or culture

: the Celtic language of Ireland especially as used since the later medieval period

: English spoken by the Irish

: irish whiskey

Irish adjective

Examples of Irish in a Sentence

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But Burchard’s inflammatory alliteration proved especially damaging by dampening enthusiasm for Blaine in New York among disaffected Democrats and Irish Catholic voters, Summers and historian Robert D. Marcus conclude. —

Robert B. Mitchell / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024 While Notre Dame has a scheduling agreement with the ACC, the Fighting Irish will have much to say about who plays for the American Athletic Conference championship and possibly which non-power conference team makes the playoff. —

Tom Layberger, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Bad Sisters also has been recognized by the WGA, the Critics Choice Awards, the Royal Television Society and the Irish Film and Television Awards. —

Denise Petski, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024 The Irish Republican Brotherhood, founded in the late nineteenth century, was a secret society devoted to the establishment—through violent rebellion—of an independent Ireland. —

The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Irish