Irish
/ˈaɪɹɪʃ/ adjective C2- Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people. · Sheep are typical in the Irish landscape.
- Pertaining to the Irish language.
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Every shade of colour they were—straw, lemon, orange, brick, Irish-setter, liver, clay; but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real vivid flame-coloured tint.
Elizabeth, easy and unaffected, had been listened to with much more pleasure, though not playing half so well; and Mary, at the end of a long concerto, was glad to purchase praise and gratitude by Scotch and Irish airs, at the request of her younger sisters, who with some of the Lucases, and two or three officers, joined eagerly in dancing at one end of the room.
She loved Irish dancing and practiced her steps every single afternoon.
Finn McCool was a strong Irish giant who lived happily with his clever wife, Oonagh.
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