Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
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Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
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Éire
() is Irish for "Ireland", the name of both an island in the North Atlantic and the sovereign state of the Republic of Ireland which governs 84% of the island's landmass. The latter is distinct from Northern Ireland, which covers the remaind ...
, Irish language name for the isle
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern ...
, a sovereign state
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Irish language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...
, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland
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Irish people
The Irish ( ga, Muintir na hÉireann or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common history and Culture of Ireland, culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years ...
, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship
Places
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Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas
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Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota
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Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota
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Irish Sea
The Irish Sea or , gv, Y Keayn Yernagh, sco, Erse Sie, gd, Muir Èireann , Ulster-Scots: ''Airish Sea'', cy, Môr Iwerddon . is an extensive body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is linked to the Ce ...
, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain
People
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Irish (surname), a list of people
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William Irish
Cornell George Hopley Woolrich ( ; December 4, 1903 – September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer. He sometimes used the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley.
His biographer, Francis Nevins Jr., rated Woolrich th ...
, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968)
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Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961)
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Irish McCalla, American actress and artist Nellie McCalla (1928–2002)
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Irish Meusel, American Major League Baseball player Emil Meusel (1893–1963)
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Irish McIlveen, Northern Ireland-born American Major League Baseball player Henry McIlveen (1880–1960)
Other uses
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Irish (game)
Irish or the Irish Game was an Anglo-Scottish tables game for two players that was popular from the 16th to the mid-18th centuries before being superseded by its derivative, the "faster paced" backgammon. In its day, Irish was "esteemed among the ...
, historical tables game that was the predecessor of backgammon
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