Irish+idiom

  • 1Hollywood Irish — noun a) Stereotypical portrayal of Irish people and culture by the movie industry, particularly from the USA. b) Irish idiom as portrayed by film and television industry …

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  • 2Pearse, Patrick Henry — ▪ Irish poet and statesman Patrick also spelled in Irish  Pádraic  born November 10, 1879, Dublin, Ire. died May 3, 1916, Dublin  leader of Irish nationalism and Irish poet and educator. He was the first president of the provisional government of …

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  • 3Give My Head Peace — Infobox Television show name = Give My Head Peace caption = The main cast of Give My Head Peace format = Comedy runtime = 30 Minutes creator = starring = Tim McGarry Damon Quinn Martin Reid Michael McDowell Olivia Nash Nuala McKeever (S1 2)… …

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  • 4The Lily of Killarney — is an opera in three acts by Julius Benedict. The libretto, by John Oxenford and Dion Boucicault, is based on Boucicault s own play The Colleen Bawn . The opera received its premiere at Covent Garden Theatre, London on Monday 10 February 1862.… …

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  • 5backtalk — also back talk, impertinent retort, 1858, originally often used in literary attempts at low Irish idiom, from BACK (Cf. back) (adj.) + TALK (Cf. talk) (n.) …

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  • 6Hibernianism — (also Hibernicism) noun an Irish idiom or expression …

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  • 7hibernicism — n.; (also hibernianism) Irishism, Irish idiom …

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  • 8irishism — n. Hibernicism, Hibernianism, Irish idiom …

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  • 9hibernicism — n. an Irish idiom or expression; = BULL(3) 1. Etymology: as HIBERNIAN after Anglicism etc …

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  • 10given the day that's in it —    (Irish)    This idiom is used when something is obvious because of the day that it occurs: traffic, for example would be busy around a football stadium on game day, given the day that s in it. On any other day the traffic would be… …

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