Irish
people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,720 of 86,584 words measured. It occurs 47,955 times across 411,287 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- people of Ireland or of Irish extraction also: Irish people
- whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley also: Irish whiskey, Irish whisky
- the Celtic language of Ireland also: Irish Gaelic
adjective
- of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people
Irish in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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An Irish Debate is the Index of a Row.
Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) · Various · Chapter 1
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McDonough’s Wife Our Irish Theatre A Chapter of Autobiography Seven Short Plays Spreading the News.
Seven Short Plays · Lady Gregory · Chapter 1
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I is an Irish babe--sweet little Pat-- With shillelagh and shamrock to stick in his hat.
Babes of the Empire · Thomas Stevens · Chapter 1
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That bothersome bantling, the big Irish baby, Is tucked up in bed for a long forty winks.
Punch — The London Charivari, November 4th 1893 · Various · Chapter 1
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Does my black blood place upon me any more obligation to assert my nationality than German, or Irish or Italian blood would?
The Conservation of Races · W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois · Chapter 1