The Irish

Definition: The Irish

The Irish

Noun

1. People of Ireland or of Irish extraction.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: The Irish

Crosswords: The Irish

It was originally conceived in 1922 as an excuse to beat up on the Irish. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

The Irish Guards under the command of Col. Vandeleur will lead the attack (A Bridge Too Far; writing credit: Cornelius Ryan; William Goldman)

Nora won the Irish Sweep, madam, and left (Midnight Lace; writing credit: Janet Green; Ivan Goff)

When you get all of the Irish together, you don't have a gang, you have an army (Gangs of New York; writing credit: Jay Cocks)

Why did the Irish farmer pour alcohol on his vegetable crop (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear)

The Irish Rovers (1971)

Leave It to the Irish (1944)

Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)

The Luck of the Irish (1936)

How the Dutch Beat the Irish (1901)

Lily The Pink (performing artist: The Irish Rovers)

The Unicorn (performing artist: The Irish Rovers)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Sweeney astray : a version from the Irish (reference)

• The Police, Public Order and the State: Policing in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, the Usa, Israel, South Africa, and China (reference)

• Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between FBI and the Irish Mob (reference)

• The Irish Anatomist: A Study of Flann O'Brien (Irish Research Series, 25) (reference)

• An Anti-imperialist's guide to the Irish war (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Journal Of The Irish Colleges Of Physicians And Surgeons (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Irish Brigade in the American Civil War (reference)

• The Irish Tenors - The Essential Collection (reference)

• The Irish Tenors (reference)

• National Geographic's Ballad of the Irish Horse (reference)

• The Irish Tenors - Live From Belfast (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• The Very Best of The Irish Tenors (reference)

• Live at the Irish Pavilion [LIVE] (reference)

• The Irish Tenors / McNamara, McDermott, Kearns, Tynan (reference)

• The Irish Volunteer: Songs Of The Irish Union Soldier 1861-1865 (reference)

• The Irish Singers of Great Renown (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Proposed Constitution of the Irish Free State, by Baron Ireland. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fenian Collar, Ireland for the Irish. Credit: Library of Congress.

Liberty Hall, headquarters of the Irish rebels, which has been recaptured by the Birtish [i.e., British] troops. Credit: Library of Congress.

End of the Irish Invasion : - or - the Destruction of the French Armada / Js. Gillray, inv. et f. Credit: Library of Congress.

Harrison's Landing, Va. Group of the Irish Brigade. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lady Gregory, one of the founders of the Irish theatre. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Fight in the cornfield; The Irish Brigade driving the Rebels out, on the right wing. Credit: Library of Congress.

Robert Roosevelt will not be minister to Holland this time but minister to great Ireland, because he loves the Irish so. Credit: Library of Congress.

The singing comedian, Andrew Mack in his new play, The rebel a drama of the Irish rebellion : by James B. Fagen. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Only the Irish working class remain as the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for freedom in Ireland" -- James Connolly. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Now you talk against the Irish informers

In the course of the summer I had discovered a raft of pitch pine logs with the bark on, pinned together by the Irish when the railroad was built

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Ireland

The Irish banking system is sound. (references)

Ireland

Allegations of corruption are investigated by the Irish police. (references)

Ireland

The EU role in the Irish economic boom cannot be underestimated. (references)

Human Rights

United Kingdom

Other groups that the Government determined were not maintaining a total and unequivocal cease-fire were the Real IRA (RIRA), the Continuity IRA, the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), the Red Hand Defenders, and the Orange Volunteers. (references)

Ireland

In 1999 the Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains, a joint body made up of representatives from the Republic and Northern Ireland, began efforts to locate the remains of nine persons, termed the "disappeared," who were abducted and killed by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the 1970's. In 1999 the remains of three of the nine victims were recovered and returned to their families. (references)

Political Economy

IRELAND

The experience of private sector investors in the Irish energy market has been mixed. (references)

Trade

Ireland

In addition, it acts as adviser and banker to the Irish government. (references)

Ireland

Requirements for specific products should be obtained from the Irish importer. (references)

Ireland

This regulator will be known as the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority. (references)

Travel

Ireland

The basic monetary unit is the Irish Pound (IR£) also known as the Punt. (references)

Ireland

While English is used predominantly, the Irish language (Gaelic) is also used in the western part of the country. (references)

Ireland

Since January 1 2000, Ireland is a full member of the Euro-Zone and the Irish Pound was irrevocably fixed at a rate of IP 1.2697 against the Euro (1 Euro is worth IP 0.787564). Euro currency will be introduced from January 1, 2002 and local currency phased out over a six-week period. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Czech

irové. (various references)

Danish

Aktion til beskyttelse af miljøet i kystområderne ved og kystfarvandene i Det Irske Hav,Nordsøen,Østersøen og den nordøstlige del af Atlanterhavet (Baltic Sea and North-East Atlantic Ocean(Nor th S ea special p rogramme of a ction), NORSPA, North Sea, Specific action to protect the environment in the coastal areas and coastal waters of the Irish Sea). (various references)

Dutch

Actie voor de bescherming van het milieu in de kustgebieden en de kustwateren van de Ierse Zee,de Noordzee,de Oostzee en het noordoostelijk deel van de Atlantische Oceaan (Baltic Sea and North-East Atlantic Ocean(Nor th S ea special p rogramme of a ction), NORSPA, North Sea, Specific action to protect the environment in the coastal areas and coastal waters of the Irish Sea). (various references)

Finnish

irlantilaiset. (various references)

French

Action pour la protection de l'environnement des zones côtières et des eaux côtières de la mer d'Irlande,de la mer du Nord,de la mer Baltique et de la partie Nord-Est de l'océan Atlantique (Baltic Sea and North-East Atlantic Ocean(Nor th S ea special p rogramme of a ction), Specific action to protect the environment in the coastal areas and coastal waters of the Irish Sea). (various references)

German

Spezifische Aktion zum Schutz der Umwelt in den Küstenregionen und Küstengewässern der Irischen See,der Nordsee,der Ostsee und dem Nordost-Atlantik (Baltic Sea and North-East Atlantic Ocean(Nor th S ea special p rogramme of a ction), NORSPA, North Sea, Specific action to protect the environment in the coastal areas and coastal waters of the Irish Sea). (various references)

Greek 

έχω το κοκαλάκι της νυχτερίδας (have the luck of the Irish), �"ράση για την προστασία του περιβάλλοντος στις παράκτιες περιοχές και στα παράκτια ύδατα της Θάλασσας της Ιρλανδίας,της �'όρειας Θάλασσας,� (Baltic Sea and North-East Atlantic Ocean(Nor th S ea special p rogramme of a ction), Specific action to protect the environment in the coastal areas and coastal waters of the Irish Sea). (various references)

Hungarian

az írek. (various references)

Italian

Azione per la protezione dell'ambiente delle zone costiere e delle acque costiere del Mare d'Irlanda,del Mare del Nord,del Mar Baltico e della parte nord-est dell'Oceano Atlantico (Baltic Sea and North-East Atlantic Ocean(Nor th S ea special p rogramme of a ction), NORSPA, North Sea, Specific action to protect the environment in the coastal areas and coastal waters of the Irish Sea). (various references)

Pig Latin

ethay irishay.(various references)

Portuguese

Acção específica para a protecção do ambiente das zonas costeiras e das águas costeiras do Mar da Irlanda,do Mar do Norte,do Mar Báltico e da parte Nordeste do Oceano Atlântico (Baltic Sea and North-East Atlantic Ocean(Nor th S ea special p rogramme of a ction), NORSPA, North Sea, Specific action to protect the environment in the coastal areas and coastal waters of the Irish Sea). (various references)

Romanian

irlandezii. (various references)

Spanish

Conjunto de medidas para proteger el medio ambiente de las zonas y aguas costeras del mar de Irlanda,del mar del Norte,del mar Báltico y de la parte noreste del Océano Atlántico (Baltic Sea and North-East Atlantic Ocean(Nor th S ea special p rogramme of a ction), NORSPA, North Sea, Specific action to protect the environment in the coastal areas and coastal waters of the Irish Sea). (various references)

Swedish

irländarna. (various references)

Turkish

irlanda'lılar. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: heishi, hither, theirs, thresh.

-3 letters: heirs, heist, heths, hires, ither, rishi, rites, shier, shire, shirt, their, tiers, tires, tries.

-4 letters: erst, eths, hehs, heir, hers, hest, heth, hets, hies, hire, hist, hits, ires, iris, reis, resh, rest, rets, rise, rite, shri, sire, site, sith, stir, thir, this, tier, ties, tire.

-5 letters: ers, eth, heh.

+2 letters: thirtieths.

+3 letters: diphtherias, hitchhikers, withershins.

+4 letters: diphtheroids, highlighters, lithospheric.

+5 letters: ethnohistoric, lithographies, photofinisher, rhythmicities.