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31Irish — n British a wig. Rhyming slang from Irish jig . Wigs and toupees, which attract much notice and derision in cockney circles, are also known as syrup (of figs), rugs, mops or dogs …
32Irish — illogical or defective The prefix appears in many offensive and sometimes euphemistic expressions dating from the time when Irish people were deemed to be backward in both Old and New England …
33irish — I. a. Of Ireland. II. n. 1. Irish language. 2. Natives of Ireland …
34Irish — 1 noun the Irish people from Ireland 2 adjective from or connected with Ireland …
35Irish Literature — • It is uncertain at what period and in what manner the Irish discovered the use of letters. It may have been through direct commerce with Gaul, but it is more probable, as McNeill has shown in his study of Irish oghams, that it was from the… …
36Irish Colleges on the Continent — Irish Colleges, on the Continent † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Irish Colleges, on the Continent The religious persecution under Elizabeth and James I lead to the suppression of the monastic schools in Ireland in which the clergy for the… …
37Irish dance — Irish dancers at St. Patrick s Day parade in Fort Collins, Colorado Irish dancers at an Irish Dance Festival in New York City Irish dancing or Irish dance is a group of traditional danc …
38Irish Sea — Freight and passenger …
39Irish neutrality — has been a policy of the Irish Free State and its successor, Ireland, since independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1922. This article concerns the exact nature of Irish neutrality in practice.Ireland s concept of… …
40Irish cuisine — Irish stew Irish cuisine is a style of cooking originating from Ireland or developed by Irish people. It evolved from centuries of social and political change. The cuisine takes its influence from the crops grown and animals farmed in its… …
