Anglo-Irish

[ ang-gloh-ahy-rish ]

noun

1. persons of English descent living in Ireland.
2. Hiberno-English.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Anglo-Irish or their speech.
2. Hiberno-Saxon.

Anglo-Irish

noun

1. the Anglo-Irish
   the Anglo-Irish functioning as plural the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
2. the English language as spoken in Ireland

adjective

1. of or relating to the Anglo-Irish
2. of or relating to English and Irish
3. of or relating to the English language as spoken in Ireland

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglo-Irish¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

Quinn lost his fortune after he amassed control of 25% of Anglo Irish Bank, which promptly went under in the 2007 financial crash.

From The Daily Beast

This book embodies the deep ambivalence of the Anglo-Irish, who no longer felt British, but were not accepted by the “natives.”

From The Daily Beast

It is set during the Irish Civil War, when the IRA stalked the Anglo-Irish, who responded with a mixture of fear and indignation.

From The Daily Beast

The big houses were the homes of the Anglo-Irish, the abhorred British ruling class, that dominated the landscape.

From The Daily Beast

Sean FitzPatrick was the CEO of Anglo Irish Bank from 1986 to 2005.

From The Daily Beast

The "cockles of the heart" is a common expression in Anglo-Irish.

From Project Gutenberg

This idiom, borrowed from the Irish, is very common in Anglo-Irish.

From Project Gutenberg

Between fifty and a hundred years ago the Anglo-Irish gentry, as all the world knows, were a wild and extravagant race.

From Project Gutenberg

It is safe to state that by far the greatest number of our Anglo-Irish idioms come from the Irish language.

From Project Gutenberg

This is one of the commonest of our Anglo-Irish idioms, so that a few examples will be sufficient.

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