Irishry

Such was the arrangement; and it was from no want of inclination that it was not entirely carried out, and the "Irishry" starved to death in their own land.

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864

Kate will not feel -- she will not see the impertinence with which he will assure her that she herself may be privileged to do these things; that her "Irishry" was itself a safeguard, but Dick will notice the sneer.

Lord Kilgobbin Charles James Lever 1839

The indomitable Irishry (Yeats's term) sometimes seem to be treated like the world's pets, or its problem children (condescended to, and represented variously as sentimental, irresponsible, violent, drunk).

Author, author: Nick Laird Nick Laird 2010

The expansion of English jurisdiction to include the Irishry strained the resources of an already understaffed Dublin administration, and the regime threatened to deprive the Old English of the little influence that they had maintained in the government.

Catastrophic Dimensions:The Rupture of English and Irish Identities in Early Modern Ireland, 1534-1615 1999

Here, in the twelfth century, a gang of Anglo-Norman robber barons, seeking land and Lebensraum in an as yet unplundered territory, had made the short sea-crossing from Wales and set up an enclave which they were to defend with unflinching tenacity in the face of an outraged but disorganized Irishry and a suspicious and jealous English king.

The European Irishman Banville, John 1997

Irish Constabulary Vote on; Prince ARTHUR lounging on Treasury Bench; prepares to receive Irishry; engagement opens a little flat, with speech from JOHN ELLIS, oration from O'PICTON, and feeble flagellation from FLYNN.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 19, 1890 Various

Irishry of Colkitto numbered no more than 1200, badly armed with old matchlocks and hampered by two or three dozen camp-women bearing the bairns of this dirty regiment at their breasts.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

"It'll not be so good as you've been used to," she said with more suggestion of Irishry than Marjorie had yet heard, "but I guess you'll be glad of it."

I've Married Marjorie Margaret Widdemer 1931

Charles had lost faith in the advisers who dragged him back from the south, he listened to Murray of Broughton and to his Irishry; he suspected, unjustly but not unnaturally, the good faith of Lord George.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

That pink-and-white piece of Irishry will rule Geddes to perfection.

A Woman Named Smith Marie Conway Oemler 1905