Eire
Americannoun
-
the Irish Gaelic name for Ireland
-
a former official name (1937–49) for Republic of Ireland
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
The wife of the first was Eire, and from her the name of the country was derived.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
