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Syntax of the Irish language
Irish syntax refers to how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences in the Irish language. It is rather different
Irish_syntax
Dialect of English spoken in Ireland
or Irish English (IrE), also formerly sometimes called Anglo-Irish, is the set of dialects of the English language native to the island of Ireland. In
Hiberno-English
Grammar of the Irish language
presence of inflected prepositions and the initial consonant mutations. Irish syntax is also rather different from that of most Indo-European languages, due
Irish_grammar
Celtic language indigenous to the island of Ireland
Spoken Irish The first chapter of Mo Sgéal Féin, read by native Irish speaker Mairéad Uí Lionáird in the Muskerry Gaeltacht (Gaeltacht Mhúscraí) Problems
Irish_language
Hypothesized pre-Celtic language substrate
Pre-Indo-European languages Prehistoric Ireland Mythological Cycle Germanic substrate hypothesis Atlantic (Semitic) languages Irish syntax McDonagh, Marese (21 March
Goidelic_substrate_hypothesis
Goidelic Celtic language of the Isle of Man
did they {my voice} PTCL hear-V.N. "They heard my voice." As in Irish (cf. Irish syntax#The forms meaning "to be"), there are two ways of expressing "to
Manx_language
Gaelic football competition
minor ireland". Bing. Retrieved 2026-03-22. Cormican, Eoghan (2025-07-06). "Tyrone pip Kerry to minor crown to keep treble bid on track". Irish Examiner
2026 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
2026_All-Ireland_Minor_Football_Championship
Disputed Pre-Indo-European Language Family
Atlantean Goidelic substrate hypothesis Germanic substrate hypothesis Irish syntax Watson, W. J.; Taylor, Simon (2011). The Celtic Place-names of Scotland
Atlantic_(Semitic)_languages
Celtic subfamily of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man
language, but is in fact a cant based on Irish and English, with a primarily Irish-based grammar and English-based syntax. The Bungi dialect in Canada is an
Goidelic_languages
Inter-county hurling competition
The 2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) is the 139th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's
2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
2026_All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship
Irish hurling tournament
drama". Irish Examiner. 13 May 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2026. "Clare comfortably see off Galway to land All-Ireland U20 hurling title". Irish Examiner
2026 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
2026_All-Ireland_Under-20_Hurling_Championship
Non-exhaustive list of articles related to Ireland, grouped by selected topics
Recent changes: Irish topics Aran Islands Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Northern Ireland List of castles in Ireland Cities in Ireland Armagh Belfast
List of Ireland-related topics
List_of_Ireland-related_topics
Study of place names
the United Kingdom List of Roman place names in Britain Place names in Irish Welsh place names Territorial designation Toponymy of the Kerguelen Islands
Toponymy
Irish language dialect
article uses the IPA to transcribe Irish. Readers familiar with other conventions may wish to see Help:IPA/Irish for a comparison of the IPA system with
Ulster_Irish
Ireland Irish morphology Irish name Irish nominals Irish orthography Irish phonology Irish surnames Irish syntax Irish verbs Irish words used in the English
List of Northern Ireland–related topics
List_of_Northern_Ireland–related_topics
Structural rules of a language
study of such rules, a subject that includes phonology, morphology, and syntax, together with phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics. There are in effect
Grammar
Gaelic games season
2025). "Camogie holders Cork draw Munster rivals in 2025 Championship". Irish Examiner. "Green light for wearing of shorts after congress vote". 22 May
2025 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
2025_All-Ireland_Senior_Camogie_Championship
Structure of a formal language
languages have the meanings of their strings structured according to their syntax—a practice known as compositional semantics. In these cases, the first step
Formal_grammar
Academic journal
Syntax is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of syntax of natural languages, established in 1998 and published by Wiley-Blackwell. The founding
Syntax_(journal)
British writer and adventurer (1742-1823)
Bench Prison. He is most notable as the author of The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, a comic poem, illustrated by artist Thomas Rowlandson's colour plates,
William_Combe
Aspect of the Irish language
article uses the IPA to transcribe Irish. Readers familiar with other conventions may wish to see Help:IPA/Irish for a comparison of the IPA system with
Irish_declension
2023 novel by Paul Murray
novel by Irish writer Paul Murray, published by Macmillan. The book depicts the dysfunctional, hapless lives of the Barnes family of Ireland, with portions
The_Bee_Sting
Categories in etymology
Slovak; Londyn in Polish; Rānana in Māori; Lundúnir in Icelandic; Londain in Irish; Lunnainn in Scottish Gaelic; Llundain in Welsh; Lontoo in Finnish; Luân
Endonym_and_exonym
Dutch linguist (1886–1945)
Angelsaksische geschiedbronnen. Middelburg (dissertation) 1912. “On Anglo-Irish Syntax.” Englische Studien 45. 1914. “On Lebor Gabála.” Zeitschrift für celtische
A._G._van_Hamel
Variety of English spoken in Northern Ireland
and syntax of Irish is quite different from that of English, and it has influenced both Northern and Southern Hiberno-English to some degree. Irish has
Ulster_English
semi-final". Irish Examiner. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024. "Robert Finnerty strikes late to save Galway from shock exit at the hands of Sligo". Irish Times
2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
2024_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship
English cricketer
Crawley also captained the team in two One Day Internationals against Ireland in 2023. He plays domestically for Kent County Cricket Club. Crawley made
Zak_Crawley
Symbol representing the word "and" (&)
connective AND. This usage was adopted in computing. Many languages with syntax derived from C, including C++, Perl,, Python, and more differentiate between:
Ampersand
Ladies Gaelic football tournament
Football League "Women's All-Ireland finals to take place on August Bank Holiday weekend next year". The Irish Times. "All-Ireland ladies football finals to
2025 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
2025_All-Ireland_Senior_Ladies'_Football_Championship
Gaelic football contest
All-Ireland minor championships". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 3 April 2024. "Offaly claim Leinster minor title with enthralling victory over Louth". Irish Examiner
2025 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
2025_All-Ireland_Minor_Football_Championship
Irish language dialect
article uses the IPA to transcribe Irish. Readers familiar with other conventions may wish to see Help:IPA/Irish for a comparison of the IPA system with
Munster_Irish
Study of sound organization in languages
fundamental systems that a language is considered to comprise, like its syntax, its morphology and its lexicon. The word phonology comes from Ancient Greek
Phonology
Irish singer (born 1961)
music. Raised in the Irish-speaking region of Gweedore, Enya began her musical career in 1980, playing alongside her family's Irish folk band, Clannad.
Enya
Grammar of the Old Irish language
important part of the grammar and remain, with little change, in Modern Irish (see Irish initial mutations). They were often crucial in distinguishing various
Old_Irish_grammar
Programming language with English-like syntax
The current standard is ISO/IEC 1989:2023. COBOL statements have prose syntax such as MOVE x TO y, which was designed to be self-documenting and highly
COBOL
many irregular verbs, for example: Irish has two types of relative clause: direct and indirect (see Irish syntax#Relative clauses for details). The distinction
Dependent and independent verb forms
Dependent_and_independent_verb_forms
West Germanic language
dialects of Ireland. English was isolated from other Germanic languages on the continent and diverged considerably in vocabulary, syntax, and phonology
English_language
Irish has numerous loanwords from English. The native term for these is béarlachas (Irish pronunciation: [ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠəxəsˠ]), from Béarla, the Irish word
English_loanwords_in_Irish
Words or sounds used without meaning, like "umm" or "Err.."
speakers. In Indonesian, anu and apa sih are among the most common fillers. In Irish, abair /ˈabˠəɾʲ/ ("say"), bhoil /wɛlʲ/ ("well"), and era /ˈɛɾˠə/ are common
Filler_(linguistics)
Group of Celtic languages of Brittany, Great Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man
i̯, w, m, and a liquid: Old Irish: ben "woman" (< *benā) Old Irish: gainethar "he/she is born" (< *gan-i̯e-tor) Old Irish: ainb "ignorant" (< *anwiss)
Insular_Celtic_languages
Language spoken by Irish Travellers
Shelta (/ˈʃɛltə/; Irish: Seiltis) is a language spoken by Irish Travellers (Mincéirí), particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom. It is also widely
Shelta
Extinct branch of Indo-European languages
precede objects. Clause-initial particles are a striking feature of Anatolian syntax; in a given sentence, a connective or the first accented word usually hosts
Anatolian_languages
Utterances with fixed forms and often non-literal meaning
phenomena and may be signs of uncontrolled emotionality under stress. The Irish poet William Butler Yeats argued for formulaic language experiments with
Formulaic_language
Clause type associated with questions
For instance, the English sentence "Is Hannah sick?" has interrogative syntax which distinguishes it from its declarative counterpart "Hannah is sick"
Interrogative
Poem by William Butler Yeats
occasionally that I must for my special purpose use nothing but the common syntax. A couple of years later I could not have written that first line with its
The_Lake_Isle_of_Innisfree
Celtic language
alongside both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although
Scottish_Gaelic
Henderson lose in doubles". The Irish Times. 10 December 1955. "New badminton champions". The Irish Times. 12 December 1955. "Irish Close championship". Belfast
1955_Irish_Badminton_Close
Celtic language family branch
celain, plural calanedd vs. Irish colainn Proto-Celtic *toranos "thunder": taran in all three Brittonic languages vs. Irish torann Assuming that Welsh
Brittonic_languages
All-Ireland inter-county competition for intermediate clubs
Kerry SHC titles". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 3 August 2025. "Cork Premier IHC final: Ballinhassig impress in win over Ballincollig". Irish Examiner. 19 October
2025–26 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
2025–26_All-Ireland_Intermediate_Club_Hurling_Championship
Extinct Celtic language of continental Europe
Cornish kynsa "first", Old Irish céta, Irish céad "first") 2nd allos, alos (Welsh ail, Breton eil, Old Irish aile "other", Irish eile) 3rd tri[tios] (Welsh
Gaulish
Stage of the English language from the contemporary period
/w/ in all national standard varieties of English, except Scottish and Irish. In North American and Australasian English, /t, d/ are reduced to an alveolar
Modern_English
Language family
Celtic is connected with the development of verbal morphology and the syntax in Irish and British Celtic, which Schumacher regards as convincing, while he
Celtic_languages
Country in South Asia
ISBN 978-1-138-96114-2. Lowe, John J. (2015). Participles in Rigvedic Sanskrit: The Syntax and Semantics of Adjectival Verb Forms. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-100505-3
India
Extinct language in Scotland
influenced the syntax of Scottish Gaelic, which bears a greater similarity to those of the Brittonic languages than it does to that of Irish. Some commentators
Pictish_language
Name for a resident of a particular geographical area
linguistics Diachronic Lexicography Morphology Phonology Pragmatics Semantics Syntax Syntax–semantics interface Typology Applied linguistics Acquisition Anthropological
Demonym
Variety of Northern Straits Salish
Inuit Pidgin French Michif Minority languages Canadian Gaelic Newfoundland Irish Spanish Portuguese Italian German Pennsylvania Hutterite Plautdietsch Polish
Lekwungen_dialect
Academic journal
Ériu is an academic journal of Irish language studies. It was established in 1904 as the journal of the School of Irish Learning in Dublin. When the school
Ériu_(journal)
Interpreted programming language first released in 1987
sanitization of the regex syntax. The Perl 6 FAQ also states that what is sometimes referred to as Perl's line noise is "the actual syntax of the language" just
Perl
Study of language in historical sources
with the emergence of structuralism and the emphasis of Noam Chomsky on syntax, research in historical linguistics often relies on philological materials
Philology
Code to implement features in web browsers that do not support them
engines have supported a preliminary draft syntax for years. Flexie implements support for that same syntax in IE and Opera. However, the draft spec has
Polyfill_(programming)
Irish Close Badminton Championships was a national closed badminton tournament held in Midland Branch Hall, Whitehall Road, Terenure, Dublin, Ireland
1956_Irish_Badminton_Close
Sound change happening in linguistics
ar hugain 'twenty-one', literally "one on twenty". Irish has two consonant mutations: lenition (Irish: séimhiú [ˈʃeːvʲuː]) and eclipsis (urú [ˈʊɾˠuː]).
Consonant_mutation
British Army officer and statesman (1769–1852)
Torres Vedras 3 Køge 2 Assaye 1 Seringapatam <maplink>: Couldn't parse JSON: Syntax error Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (né Wesley;
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington
American college basketball season
eclipsed 2,000 career points in the first half… "Mustangs Take Down Fighting Irish, 89-81". smumustangs.com. SMU Mustangs. February 10, 2026. Retrieved March
2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
2025–26_NCAA_Division_I_men's_basketball_season
Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Irish Birdcatcher, was a Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire. Foaled in 1833 at the Brownstown Stud, in Ireland, Birdcatcher was by the Irish Thoroughbred
Birdcatcher_(horse)
Ancient Indo-Aryan language of South Asia, mainly Indian subcontinent
addition, the ancient Dravidian languages influenced Sanskrit's phonology and syntax. Sanskrit can also more narrowly refer to Classical Sanskrit, a refined
Sanskrit
Earliest historical form of English language
English Syntax: a handbook. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer. doi:10.1515/9783111411590. ISBN 978-3-484-65004-6. Mitchell, Bruce (1985). Old English Syntax. Vol. 1–2
Old_English
Ancestor of the Indo-European languages
Syntax and its Development. John Benjamins. Lehmann, Winfred P. (1974). "Syntactic Developments from PIE to the Dialects". Proto-Indo-European Syntax
Proto-Indo-European_language
– "Since I Told You It's Over" Sugababes – "Shape", "Hole in the Head" Syntax – "Pray" t.A.T.u. – "All the Things She Said" The Thrills – "One Horse Town"
List of performances on Top of the Pops
List_of_performances_on_Top_of_the_Pops
American writer (1933–2023)
family nickname given to his father by his Irish aunts. Other sources say he changed his name to honor the Irish chieftain Cormac MacCarthy, who constructed
Cormac_McCarthy
Common elements in place-names of Celtic origin
Gaelic it has shifted to /j/), which occurs in Irish as innbhear or inbhear, going back to Old Irish indber, inbir, inber. This is derived from the same
Aber and Inver (placename elements)
Aber_and_Inver_(placename_elements)
French literary genre
distinct literary genre. In his opinion, the change in status justifies a new syntax, specifically, including a hyphen between the two words, which incidentally
Merveilleux_scientifique
Nearly extinct Algonquian language
LeSourd, Philip S. (June 2011). "Enclitic Particles in Western Abenaki: The Syntax of Second Position". Anthropological Linguistics. 53 (2): 91–131. doi:10
Western_Abenaki_language
Boarding school in Clane, County Kildare, Ireland
Studiorum: Elements (first year), Rudiments (second), Grammar (third), Syntax (fourth), Poetry (fifth), and Rhetoric (sixth). The medieval castle was
Clongowes_Wood_College
linguistics Diachronic Lexicography Morphology Phonology Pragmatics Semantics Syntax Syntax–semantics interface Typology Applied linguistics Acquisition Anthropological
List of Korean placename etymologies
List_of_Korean_placename_etymologies
Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani people
morphology which increases or decreases the valency of its verbs. Romani syntax is quite different from most Indo-Aryan languages, and shows more similarity
Romani_language
Code to identify human languages
as "grandfathered" or "redundant" (depending on whether they fit the new syntax) are deprecated in favor of the corresponding ISO 639-3–based language subtag
IETF_language_tag
1919 poem by Irish poet W. B. Yeats
"The Second Coming" is a poem written by Irish poet William Butler Yeats in 1919, first printed in The Dial in November 1920 and included in his 1921
The_Second_Coming_(poem)
Variant of a language
other by differences in linguistic features such as phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary. The non-standard dialects of a language with a writing system
Dialect
Creole language of southern US
lexifier (most of their vocabularies are derived from English) and that their syntax (sentence structure) is strongly influenced by African languages, but research
Gullah_language
Grammatical mood
sentences sometimes use different syntax than declarative or other types of clauses. There may also be differences of syntax between affirmative and negative
Imperative_mood
Aboriginal language continuum
Inuit Pidgin French Michif Minority languages Canadian Gaelic Newfoundland Irish Spanish Portuguese Italian German Pennsylvania Hutterite Plautdietsch Polish
Cree_language
Use of racial theories for and against Zionism
Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Hazan, Noa (2022). Visual Syntax of Race: Arab-Jews in Zionist Visual Culture. University of Michigan Press
Racial conceptions of Jewish identity in Zionism
Racial_conceptions_of_Jewish_identity_in_Zionism
Practice of modifying words for English
Following centuries of English rule in Ireland, Douglas Hyde delivered an argument for de-anglicisation before the Irish National Literary Society in Dublin
Anglicisation_(linguistics)
Earth-goddess in Proto-Indo-European mythology
deities Seia and Segetia. Celtic: Old Irish: goddess Dana, taken by some Indo-Europeanist scholars to be an Irish earth goddess. Welsh mythology: linguist
Dheghom
Changing between languages during a conversation
use of more than one linguistic variety in a manner consistent with the syntax and phonology of each variety. Code-switching may happen between sentences
Code-switching
Decision of the European Court of Human Rights
Airways' aircraft by Irish authorities, as ordered by the Irish Minister for Transport, brought the airline under the jurisdiction of Ireland. The court certified
Bosphorus_Airways_v._Ireland
Names of numbers in Latin
treasuries' The numeral ūnus < Old Latin oinos ‘one’, with its cognates Old Irish óen ‘one’, Gothic ains ‘one’, Ancient Greek οἴνη oínē ‘ace on dice’, and
Latin_numerals
Canadian professor of linguistics
has been in the fields of syntax, morphology, and phonology. He works primarily on the Celtic Languages, particularly Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Proceedings
Andrew_Carnie
American businessman and diplomat (born 1957)
that certain phrases in the English version appeared to reflect Russian syntax or translation artifacts, suggesting that the text may have been drafted
Steve_Witkoff
Country in Central Europe
pronunciation, although certain Helvetisms denote themselves as special in syntax and orthography. Duden, the comprehensive German dictionary, contains about
Switzerland
American host and columnist (1901–1974)
of a man sucking a lemon; his speech is frequently lost in a thicket of syntax; his eyes pop from their sockets or sink so deep in their bags that they
Ed_Sullivan
1828 U.S. campaign issue
to be inspected...All the rules of composition, of orthography, and of syntax, are disregarded, and a most reprehensible ignorance is made manifest..
Andrew Jackson and the slave trade
Andrew_Jackson_and_the_slave_trade
Sports tournament
down as Waterford football manager". RTÉ. 3 July 2025. "Clare ease past Waterford to book place in Munster final". Irish Times. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
2024 Munster Senior Football Championship
2024_Munster_Senior_Football_Championship
Gaelic football season
Connacht final". RTE. Retrieved 20 May 2024. "Galway v Mayo score recap and result from the Connacht Football Final". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
2024 Connacht Senior Football Championship
2024_Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship
1994 single by Edwyn Collins
July 1995. p. 20. Retrieved 1 October 2019. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Edwyn Collins". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 1 May 2014. "Nederlandse
A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins song)
A_Girl_Like_You_(Edwyn_Collins_song)
Dictionary of the Irish language
contemporary Irish, available to search for free on Focloir.ie [ga]. It is an ordinary explanatory dictionary in that headwords in Irish are explained
An_Foclóir_Nua_Gaeilge
West Slavic language
(beautiful) versus krásne /ˈkraːsɲɛ/ (beautifully). The main features of Slovak syntax are as follows: The verb (predicate) agrees in person and number with its
Slovak_language
Secondary school in Dublin, Ireland
century including the Boer Wars, World War I, World War II, Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War, 1916 rising and the Cyprus Emergency. In February
Belvedere_College
2025 single by Lady Gaga
chorus, followed by a post-chorus where Gaga repeats the title in "broken syntax." It blends electronic and house-influenced production with piano and bass
Abracadabra_(Lady_Gaga_song)
IRISH SYNTAX
IRISH SYNTAX
Boy/Male
Sikh
God of Shiva
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindi
Lord of the mountains.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sky
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sight
Boy/Male
Hindu
Nickname of names beginning with - Kris, Short form of Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
Australian, British, English, Greek
Iris; Rainbow
Boy/Male
Hindu
God of mountain attributed to Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Hindu
Flower
Boy/Male
Hindu
To cherish, To hold dear
Female
English
Short form of English Trisha, TRISH means "patrician, of noble descent."Â
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord of the earth
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sky
Female
English
(ΊÏις) Greek name IRIS means "rainbow." In mythology, this is the name of a rainbow goddess. In use by the English as a feminine name, and by the Jews as a unisex name.
Boy/Male
Hindu
A strong person, Bull of Lord Shiva, A zodiac sign
Male
Hindi/Indian
(ಗಿರೀಶà³) Hindi name GIRISH means "mountain lord." In mythology, this is a name belonging to Shiva.
Girl/Female
Latin English
Noble. St. Patricia was a 7th century patron saint of Naples.
Girl/Female
Greek Russian
Rainbow.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : ethnic name for someone of Irish origin. Compare Ireland.
IRISH SYNTAX
IRISH SYNTAX
Girl/Female
Indian, Modern, Tamil
Beautiful
Male
Swedish
Swedish form of Old Norse Ãsvaldr, ASVALD means "divine power" or "divine ruler."
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of a river
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Punjabi, Sikh, Tamil
Symbol
Girl/Female
Hindu
Real Love and attachment, Attachment, Joyful
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hebrew
The Biblical Abel is the English Language Equivalent; Abel; Adam's Younger Son
Boy/Male
Indian
Great and famous
Boy/Male
Tamil
Ghanaanand | கநாநஂத
Happy like clouds
Boy/Male
American, British, English
The Isle of Skye; Phonetic Spelling of Schuyler
Boy/Male
British, English, German, Irish
The 7th Son of the 7th Son; Someone of the Medical
IRISH SYNTAX
IRISH SYNTAX
IRISH SYNTAX
IRISH SYNTAX
IRISH SYNTAX
n.
An Irish measure of two feet in length.
n.
A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.
n.
An Irish serving woman or girl.
n.
An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
pl.
of Iris
n.
An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.
a.
Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish.
v. t.
A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.
n.
A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.
n.
An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.
n.
Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry.
a.
Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.
n.
A rainbow; an iris.
n.
A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.
n. sing. & pl.
The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.
n. sing. & pl.
An old game resembling backgammon.
pl.
of Iris
n.
The Irish elk.
n. sing. & pl.
The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.