Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
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Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
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Éire, Irish language name for the isle
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Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state
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Irish language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...
, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland
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Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship
Places
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Irish Creek (Kansas) Irish Creek (also known as Irish Branch) is a stream in Bourbon and Linn counties, in the U.S. state of Kansas.
A large share of the first settlers being of Irish ancestry caused the name to be selected.
See also
*List of rivers of Kansas
This i ...
, a stream in Kansas
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Irish Creek (South Dakota)
Irish Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
A large share of the first settlers being natives of Ireland most likely caused the name Irish Creek to be selected.
See also
*List of rivers of South Dakota
This is a list of rivers in ...
, a stream in South Dakota
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Irish Lake
Watonwan County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,253. Its county seat is St. James.
History
In 1849, the recently organized Minnesota Territory legislature authorized the creation of nin ...
, Watonwan County, Minnesota
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Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain
People
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Irish (surname) Irish is a surname.
Notable people bearing this name include:
* Bill Irish (1932–1992), English lawn and indoor bowler
* Carolyn Tanner Irish (born 1940), Episcopal Bishop
* Ernest G. Irish (1894–1955), Canadian politician
* Frank Irish (191 ...
, a list of people
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William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968)
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Irish Bob Murphy
Irish Bob Murphy (July 22, 1922 – August 17, 1961) was an Irish-American light heavyweight boxer who fought from 1945 to 1954. He was born Edwin Lee Conarty in Flagler, Colorado, but fought out of San Diego, California. In 2003, Murphy, who ...
, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961)
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Irish McCalla
Nellie Elizabeth "Irish" McCalla (December 25, 1928 – February 1, 2002) was an American film and television actress and artist best known as the title star of the 1950s television series ''Sheena, Queen of the Jungle''. She co-starred with act ...
, American actress and artist Nellie McCalla (1928–2002)
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Irish Meusel
Emil Frederick "Irish" Meusel (June 9, 1893 – March 1, 1963) was an American baseball left fielder. He played in the major leagues between 1914 and 1927 for the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, and Brooklyn Robins ...
, American Major League Baseball player Emil Meusel (1893–1963)
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Irish McIlveen
Henry Cooke "Irish" McIlveen (July 27, 1880 – October 18, 1960), commonly nicknamed "Irish" because he was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1906 and the New Yo ...
, Northern Ireland-born American Major League Baseball player Henry McIlveen (1880–1960)
Other uses
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Irish (game)
Irish or the Irish Game was an Anglo-Scottish tables game for two players that was popular from the 16th to the mid-18th centuries before being superseded by its derivative, the "faster paced" backgammon. In its day, Irish was "esteemed among the ...
, historical tables game that was the predecessor of backgammon
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