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- noun A person from
Ireland or ofIrish descent.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also commenting on the wesbite was Irelander Dominic McGinley:
Dan Treul: Obama Signals the End of Days, Colorado Evangelicals Tell Irish Times 2008
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But however this may be, Le Fanu undoubtedly was no young Irelander; indeed he did the stoutest service as a press writer in the Conservative interest, and was no doubt provoked as well as amused at the unexpected popularity to which his poem attained amongst the Irish Nationalists.
The Purcell Papers 2003
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But however this may be, Le Fanu undoubtedly was no young Irelander; indeed he did the stoutest service as a press writer in the Conservative interest, and was no doubt provoked as well as amused at the unexpected popularity to which his poem attained amongst the Irish Nationalists.
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Irelander by conviction, shrank from the glare and blare of political movements, led a lonely life, consumed by the fires of his own thoughts.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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I don't know whether they regarded me as a miserable Little Englander or a wicked Big Irelander.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 Various 1898
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But however this may be, Le Fanu undoubtedly was no young Irelander; indeed he did the stoutest service as a press writer in the Conservative interest, and was no doubt provoked as well as amused at the unexpected popularity to which his poem attained amongst the Irish Nationalists.
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Philip was by nature and training as gentle and amiable as a lamb, but he was a Young Irelander, and therefore a fighter on principle.
The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned George Dunderdale 1862
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But however this may be, Le Fanu undoubtedly was no young Irelander; indeed he did the stoutest service as a press writer in the Conservative interest, and was no doubt provoked as well as amused at the unexpected popularity to which his poem attained amongst the Irish Nationalists.
The Purcell Papers — Volume 1 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843
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Dublin, The _Register_, the _Freeman_, and the _Old Irelander_.
The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 Michael Doheny 1834
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* Joseph Brennan, 1828 - 1857: 'Young Irelander' Leader.
1169 and counting.... Sharon/John/Jnr. 2010
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