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Gadhelic :: Gadhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx..

Fenian :: Fenian (n.) A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland..

Irish :: Irish (a.) Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.

Fairish :: Fairish (a.) Tolerably fair.

Hibernianism :: Hibernianism (n.) An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.

Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.

Fading :: Fading (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song..

Irishman :: Irishman (n.) A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.

Disestablishment :: Disestablishment (n.) The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament..

Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.

Planxty :: Planxty (n.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character..

Paddy :: Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

Absentee :: Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee..

Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants..

Teague :: Teague (n.) An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.

Irishism :: Irishism (n.) A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.

Milesian :: Milesian (a.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish..

O :: O' () A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol..

Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..

Shamrock :: Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

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