Anglo-Irish

[ ang-gloh-ahy-rish ]

/ ˈæŋ gloʊˈaɪ rɪʃ /

noun

persons of English descent living in Ireland.

Hiberno-English.

adjective

of or relating to the Anglo-Irish or their speech.

Hiberno-Saxon.

Origin of Anglo-Irish

First recorded in 1785–95

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Examples from the Web for anglo-irish

This book embodies the deep ambivalence of the Anglo-Irish, who no longer felt British, but were not accepted by the “natives.”
Book Bag: The Best Imaginary Castles|Johanna Lane|June 10, 2014|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.
Book Bag: The Best Imaginary Castles|Johanna Lane|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The big houses were the homes of the Anglo-Irish, the abhorred British ruling class, that dominated the landscape.
Book Bag: The Best Imaginary Castles|Johanna Lane|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Trevor says that if he is to be hyphenated, he prefers Protestant-Irish to Anglo-Irish.
Read Me, I'm Irish|Mark Salter|March 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST

This idiom, borrowed from the Irish, is very common in Anglo-Irish.
Legends of Saints & Sinners|Douglas Hyde
It raised him high in the estimation of the Anglo-Irish of the Pale.
The Land-War In Ireland (1870)|James Godkin
Anglo-Irish finance teems with grim jokes of this sort; but the section was useful in either event.
The Framework of Home Rule|Erskine Childers
Both Irish and Anglo-Irish are very common in the respective languages.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce
But let us now have a look at some of our Anglo-Irish redundancies, mixed up as they often are with exaggeration.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for anglo-irish

Anglo-Irish

noun

the Anglo-Irish (functioning as plural) the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent

the English language as spoken in Ireland

adjective

of or relating to the Anglo-Irish

of or relating to English and Irish

of or relating to the English language as spoken in Ireland

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