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Etymology
Origin of Irishwoman
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at Irish, woman
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On Wednesday, the 39-year-old Irishwoman said she remains hopeful her swansong fight will take place at Croke Park.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
She fought in the first legalised women's bout aged 15 against fellow Irishwoman Alanna Nihell.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
The Irishwoman narrowly won both previous encounters, most recently a points decision in November in Texas.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
The pair served up another classic in their rematch, with Serrano's relentless volume punching and Irishwoman Taylor's smart countering.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2024
The door was opened by the Irishwoman, who met me with a broad grin.
From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Robert Ames Bennet
In the spring of 1960, just before the publication of “The Country Girls,” which tells of two young Irishwomen entering adulthood, O’Brien went to a dinner party in Chelsea.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
It was a journey thousands of Irishwomen before her had made.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2019
Unlike the twee genre paintings of the era, engravings in illustrated newspapers depicted starving Irishwomen as abject Madonnas, their pathos augmented by the medium’s “coarse network of cross-hatchings … its lack of nuance or subtlety.”
From New York Times ● May 18, 2018
An estimated 4,000 Irishwomen travel to neighboring England each year for abortions.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2014
He came to Ireland to get recruits, to beseech Irishmen and Irishwomen to continue their noble work of the conversion of the world.
From The Untilled Field by George (George Augustus) Moore
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