Eire
Americannoun
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the Irish Gaelic name for Ireland
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a former official name (1937–49) for Republic of Ireland
Example Sentences
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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
X. The people of Eire prophesy That there will come new days of peace, Existing till the end of time; Desert will be in the country of Tara.
From A Hymn on the Life, Virtues and Miracles of St. Patrick Composed by his Disciple, Saint Fiech, Bishop of Sletty by Fiech, Saint
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