Young Ireland

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noun

a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted

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How to use Young Ireland in a sentence

We do see that a few European countries have them on the books: Germany, Poland, Italy, Ireland, a couple more.
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The first two videos are teasers featuring two favorite cartoon characters for young girls, Dora the Explorer and Tinkerbell.
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Many young people are still shedding the ignorance of our parents.
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“The innocence of young people must be preserved at all costs,” said Glees.
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Professor Penelope Leach told The Daily Beast it was ludicrous to monitor young children in that way.
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“This is a distressing predicament for these young people,” thought Mr. Pickwick, as he dressed himself next morning.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
Five of the number had studied with Liszt before, and the young men are artists already before the public.
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She stood, in her young purity, at one end of the chain of years, and Mrs. Chepstow—did she really stand at the other?
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
Two young lovers were exchanging their hearts' yearnings beneath the children's tent, which they had found unoccupied.
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