Irish may refer to:

Common meanings

* Someone or something of, from, or related to: **

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...

, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***

Éire () is Irish for "Ireland", the name of both an island in the North Atlantic and the sovereign state of the Republic of Ireland which governs 84% of the island's landmass. The latter is distinct from Northern Ireland, which covers the remaind ...

, Irish language name for the isle **

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...

, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland **

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. ...

, a sovereign state *

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 *

Irish people The Irish ( ga, Muintir na hÉireann or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common history and culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been c ...

, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship

Places

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 *

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 *

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 *

Irish Sea The Irish Sea or , gv, Y Keayn Yernagh, sco, Erse Sie, gd, Muir Èireann , Ulster-Scots: ''Airish Sea'', cy, Môr Iwerddon . is an extensive body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is linked to the Ce ...

, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain

People

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 *

William Irish Cornell George Hopley Woolrich ( ; December 4, 1903 – September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer. He sometimes used the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley. His biographer, Francis Nevins Jr., rated Woolrich th ...

, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) *

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) *

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) *

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) *

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

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 {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages