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I⋅rish

[ahy-rish]

–adjective

1.	of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Ireland, its inhabitants, or their language.

–noun

2.	the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.

3.	the aboriginal Celtic-speaking people of Ireland.

4.	Also called Irish Gaelic. the Celtic language of Ireland in its historical or modern form. Abbreviation: Ir, Ir. Compare Middle Irish, Old Irish.

5.	Irish English.

6.	Irish whiskey.

—Idiom

7.	get one's Irish up, Informal. to become angry or outraged: Don't go getting your Irish up over a little matter like that.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME Yrisse, Iris(c)h; cf. OE Īras people of Ireland (c. ON Īrar); see -ish ¹

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I·rish   (ī'rĭsh) Pronunciation Key
adj.   Of or relating to Ireland or its people, language, or culture.
n.

(used with a pl. verb) The people of Ireland.
1. See Irish Gaelic.
2. See Irish English.
Informal Fieriness of temper or passion; high spirit.

[Middle English, from Old English Īras, the Irish; see peiə- in Indo-European roots.]

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Irish English
n. English as spoken by the Irish. Also called Anglo-Irish, Hiberno-English, Irish.

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Irish Gaelic
n. The Goidelic language of Ireland. Also called Erse, Irish.

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Irish

c.1205, Irisce, from stem of O.E. Iras "inhabitant of Ireland," from O.N. irar, ult. from O.Ir. Eriu "Erin." Meaning "temper, passion" is 1834, Amer.Eng. (first attested in writings of Davy Crockett), from the legendary pugnacity of Irish people. Irish-American is from 1832; Irish coffee is from 1950. Wild Irish (1399) originally were those not under English rule; Black Irish in ref. to those of Mediterranean appearance is from 1888.

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irish
adjective
1.	of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people
noun
1.	people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
2.	whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley
3.	the Celtic language of Ireland

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Irish

see luck of the devil (Irish).

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Location: (40.107351, -89.631171)
Population (2000): 229 (101 housing units)
Area: 26.174754 sq mi (land), 0.081776 sq mi (water)

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Location: (35.808949, -80.668910)
Population (2000): 1,751 (673 housing units)
Area: 35.186024 sq mi (land), 0.037439 sq mi (water)

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Irish

I"rish\, a. [AS. ?risc, fr. ?ras the Irish. Cf. Aryan, Erse.] Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.

Irish elk. (Zo["o]l.) See under Elk.

Irish moss. (a) (Bot.) Carrageen. (b) A preparation of the same made into a blanc mange.

Irish poplin. See Poplin.

Irish potato, the ordinary white potato, so called because it is a favorite article of food in Ireland.

Irish reef, or Irishman's reef (Naut.), the head of a sail tied up.

Irish stew, meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces and stewed.

Irish

I*rish"\, n. sing. & pl. 1. pl. The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.

2. The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.