Irish
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland, its inhabitants, or their language.
half-Irish
-
a word derived from
Irish.
Example Sentences
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“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
The half-Irish, half-Italian women posted prints of the pope and the Last Supper on the walls.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2016
The elaborateness of the German prince—an elaborateness which has been justly and happily compared with that of Goethe—was wholly alien to the half-Irish, half-English, statesman.
From The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot
