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Eire

American  
[air-uh, ahy-ruh, air-ee, ahy-ree] / ˈɛər ə, ˈaɪ rə, ˈɛər i, ˈaɪ ri /

noun

  1. the Irish name of Ireland.

  2. a former name (1937–49) of the Republic of Ireland.


Eire British  
/ ˈɛərə /

noun

  1. the Irish Gaelic name for Ireland

  2. a former official name (1937–49) for Republic of Ireland

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At Dorchester’s storied Eire Pub, where news coverage of the royals flashed on TVs above the bar, Johnny Curran, a longtime bartender, said he had heard no chatter about the visit.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022

But overnight, Williams gave birth to a girl they named Eire.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2022

On its Facebook page, Clogher Eire Ogs club said it had received communication from the Finnegan family following the crash.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2021

The departure of Eire, the decades long counter-insurgency in Ulster, resurgent Scottish and Welsh nationalism, all inconvenient, all ignored.

From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2019

What was the "half-headed bedstead" left with "Curtaince & Valance of Dornix" by will by Simon Eire in Boston in 1658?

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse