Old Irish
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Old Irish
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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A new scientific study has found that the Old Irish Goat shares a genetic connection with goats that lived in Ireland about 3,000 years ago during the Late Bronze Age.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
The results showed that both prehistoric and medieval Irish goats are most closely related to today's Old Irish Goat.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
The team reported he was last seen at The Old Irish Pub in Barcelona.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2022
This book retells the ninth-century Old Irish poem “Pangur Ban,” a monk’s simple reflections on his companionship with his cat and the parallels between his scholarly pursuit of knowledge and the cat’s playful hunting.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
The Old Irish knew it some fourteen hundred years ago as their “Fatherland.”
From The New Irish Constitution by J. H. Morgan
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