Irish
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland, its inhabitants, or their language.
half-Irish
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a word derived from
Irish.
Example Sentences
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"I'm half-Irish myself, but I truly understand the luck of the Irish now. It's pretty cool."
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
“Lost Stories” focuses instead on long-forgotten heroes like Solomon Garcia Smith, a half-Irish, half-Mexican from Los Angeles who was the first-ever Latino world champion when he won the featherweight title in 1893.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
A year later, I was sitting on a couch with a half-Irish writer named Jean, listening to “Pictures at an Exhibition,” a piano piece by Modest Mussorgsky.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 21, 2019
During the interview portion, Bridget Oei, a half-Irish, half-Chinese pre-med environmental chemistry graduate from Connecticut, was asked how she would advise women who want to compete but don’t have a fine arts background.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2018
Therefore, I am a member of the Russian legation in Washington in spite of my half-Irish name.
From The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies by Laura Dent Crane
