Irishism

American  

[ahy-ri-shiz-uhm] / ˈaɪ rɪˌʃɪz əm /

noun

1. a custom, manner, practice, idiom, etc., characteristic of the Irish.

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Irishism British  

/ ˈaɪrɪˌʃɪzəm /

noun

1. an Irish custom or idiom

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Etymology

Origin of Irishism

First recorded in 1725–35; Irish + -ism

Example Sentences

If one can be pardoned for the Irishism of such a saying, homes are their own worst "banes."

From Bits about Home Matters by Jackson, Helen Hunt

The Gauls continued to invest Rome, and heard with savage delight of the diminishing supplies, or rather, to use an Irishism, the increasing scarcity.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

In two points only was the continuity of the Irishism of Ireland damaged.

From The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde by Duffy, Charles Gavan

At the Irishism of which she burst out laughing, and laughed herself into the tears that had never come when they were expected of her.

From Magnum Bonum by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Investigations were instituted, and, although United Irishism had lost its sting after Emmett's failure, all who had once belonged to it were marked men, and black-listed in consequence.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James