Anglo-Irish
British-descended Irish elite
Anglo-Irish describes the relationship or matters between England and Ireland: the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, Anglo-Irish relations.
It also refers to people of English descent who settled in Ireland, particularly the Protestant landowning class that dominated Irish affairs for centuries.
As a noun, Anglo-Irish can mean the variety of English spoken in Ireland.
Post-schism Western Christian
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- colonialOf occupied territories
- planterContainer for greenery
- landedCame to rest
gentry · aristocracy · hybrid · bicultural · intermarriage · assimilation · conquest · descendants
Irish Nobel poet
Regional language variety
- accentRegional speech pattern
- brogueAccent or sturdy shoe
- idiomFixed phrase, opaque meaning
- syntaxRules for arranging words
vocabulary · bilingual · vernacular · colloquialisms · pronunciation · intonation
Connections or dealings
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- negotiationsFormal discussion seeking agreement
- bilateralInvolving two parties
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
Union · partition · independence · Commonwealth · Troubles · Brexit · intergovernmental · summit
Property owner renting out
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- estateProperty and grounds
- demesneLord's private estate
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
landowning · privileged · dispossession · decline · absentee · tenant · rent · eviction
Protestant
Post-schism Western Christian
landed · gentry · aristocracy · hybrid · bicultural · intermarriage · assimilation · conquest · descendants
Yeats
Irish Nobel poet
dialect
Regional language variety
syntax · vocabulary · bilingual · vernacular · colloquialisms · pronunciation · intonation
relations
Connections or dealings
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- negotiationsFormal discussion seeking agreement
- bilateralInvolving two parties
sovereignty · Union · partition · independence · Commonwealth · Troubles · Brexit · intergovernmental · summit · cooperation
landlord
Property owner renting out
aristocracy · landowning · privileged · dispossession · decline · absentee · tenant · rent · eviction
- Irish HistoryGreat Famine, Easter Rising, home rule, republicanism, IRA
- Irish LiteratureJames Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Yeats, W.B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett
- Tudor IrelandTyrone, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Dublin Castle, Desmond
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- Gaelic HistoryGaels, Celtic tribes, Brehon laws, clans, chieftains
- Irish WritersJames Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Jonathan Swift