Ireland

American  

[ahyuhr-luhnd] / ˈaɪər lənd /

noun

1. John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minnesota, 1888–1918.

2. Latin Hibernia.  Also called Emerald Isle.  a large western island of the British Isles, comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. 32,375 sq. mi. (83,850 sq. km).

3. Irish Eire.   Eire.  Formerly Irish Free State.  Republic of Ireland. a republic occupying most of the island of Ireland. 27,137 sq. mi. (70,285 sq. km). Dublin.

4. Heraldry. a coat of arms blazoned as follows: Azure, a harp or stringed argent.

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Ireland ¹ British  

/ ˈaɪələnd /

noun

1. Latin name: Hibernia.  an island off NW Europe: part of the British Isles, separated from Britain by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel; contains large areas of peat bog, with mountains that rise over 900 m (3000 ft) in the southwest and several large lakes. It was conquered by England in the 16th and early 17th centuries and ruled as a dependency until 1801, when it was united with Great Britain until its division in 1921 into the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland

2. a republic in NW Europe occupying most of Ireland: established as the Irish Free State (a British dominion) in 1921 and declared a republic in 1949; joined the European Community (now the European Union) in 1973. Official languages: Irish (Gaelic) and English. Currency: euro. Capital: Dublin. Pop: 4 775 982 (2013 est). Area: 70 285 sq km (27 137 sq miles)

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Ireland ² British  

/ ˈaɪələnd /

noun

1. John ( Nicholson ). 1879–1962, English composer, esp of songs

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Ireland Cultural  

1. Island in the Atlantic Ocean separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea. It is divided into Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

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It is called the “Emerald Isle” because of its lush green countryside.

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• Irelander
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Ireland

She, Lynette and Anne McBrien were part of a group called Beaconbridge which called for a special audit of how many women in Northern Ireland were living with stage four breast cancer.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

In 2022 she won the Newbrands Ireland Student Journalist of the Year award, leading to an internship with the Irish Mail on Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The invasive plant has been present in Britain and Ireland since the early 19th Century.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

"I soon learned that women across the UK were receiving treatments I had not been offered, and Northern Ireland was behind the times," she added.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

I pointed towards the moldy headstones of people I never knew, some of them born a hundred and fifty years ago or more in Scotland or Ireland or New Hope, Pennsylvania.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns