Synonyms for irish
ˈaɪ rɪʃirish

Princeton's WordNet

1. Irish, Irish peoplenoun

   people of Ireland or of Irish extraction

2. Irish, Irish whiskey, Irish whiskynoun

   whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley

3. Irish, Irish Gaelicadjective

   the Celtic language of Ireland

4. Irishadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people

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1. irishadjective

   Synonyms:
   of ireland

2. irishnoun

   Synonyms:
   irish language

3. irishnoun

   Synonyms:
   natives of ireland

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1. irishadjective

   Synonyms:
   hibernian

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1. List of paraphrases for "irish":

   ireland, irishman, lrish

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How to use irish in a sentence?

1. Hunter Biden:

   The Irish are the only people in the world, in my view, who are actually nostalgic about the future, think about it. It’s because, more than anything in my experience, hope is what beats in the heart of all people, particularly in the heart of the Irish. Hope. Every action is about hope.

2. The IDPC:

   We yesterday informed Mr Schrems and Facebook of our intention to seek declaratory relief in the Irish High Court and a referral to the CJEU (Court of Justice of the European Union) to determine the legal status of data transfers under standard contractual clauses.

3. Hunter Biden:

   Every time I walk out of my Irish Catholic grandfather’s home up in Scranton, Pennsylvania – his name was Ambrose Finnegan – and he’d yell, ‘Joey, keep the faith,’.

4. Anne Neuberger:

   The most important takeaway from the recent spate of ransomware attacks on US, Irish, German and other organizations around the world is that companies that view ransomware as a threat to their core business operations rather than a simple risk of data theft will react and recover more effectively.

5. Leo Varadkar:

   Well 2023 won't do. The Irish government won't be able to agree to a situation where we put off a fundamental decision like that, the whole purpose of having the backstop is that that's a guarantee that is there in perpetuity and just kicking the can down the road on the basis that maybe we can come up with some sort of legal or technological solutions that don't exist now, that's not something we could accept.