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Ireland words 40 words

February 11, 2010 By Vocabulary Lists (New York, NY) Vocabulary.com Moderator
Some words relating to Ireland -- its culture, history and geography.

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  1. Aengus
    Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women
  2. Belfast
    capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
  3. Bram Stoker
    Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)
  4. Brigid
    Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
  5. Celtic deity
    a deity worshipped by the Celts
  6. Celtic language
    a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era
  7. Charles Stewart Parnell
    Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891)
  8. Church of Ireland
    autonomous branch of the Church of England in Ireland
  9. Cork
    a port city in southern Ireland
  10. Dagda
    chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit
  11. Danu
    Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don
  12. Dublin
    capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
  13. folk music
    the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
  14. Gaelic
    any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland
  15. George Bernard Shaw
    British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
  16. Ireland
    an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
  17. Irish
    of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people
  18. Irish people
    people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
  19. Irish stew
    meat (especially mutton) stewed with potatoes and onions
  20. James Joyce
    influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
  21. John Millington Synge
    Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909)
  22. Limerick
    port city in southwestern Ireland
  23. Lir
    the sea personified; father of Manannan; corresponds to Welsh Llyr
  24. Lug
    ancient Celtic god
  25. Manannan
    Celtic god of the sea; son of Ler
  26. Morrigan
    Celtic war goddess
  27. Oireachtas
    the parliament of the Irish Republic
  28. Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774)
  29. Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)
  30. potato
    an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
  31. potato blight
    a blight of potatoes
  32. pub
    tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
  33. Republic of Ireland
    a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
  34. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
    Irish playwright remembered for his satirical comedies of manners (1751-1816)
  35. Saint Patrick
    Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century
  36. Samuel Beckett
    a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)
  37. Sean O'Casey
    Irish playwright (1880-1964)
  38. Tuatha De Danann
    race of Celtic gods or demigods; ruled Ireland in the Golden Age
  39. Ulster
    a historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland
  40. William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)