Irishness
Celtic cultural essence
Irishness is the quality of being Irish—the cultural traits, sensibilities, and characteristics associated with Ireland and its people.
The term encompasses everything from accent and humor to literary tradition and Catholic heritage.
It can be claimed with pride or imposed as stereotype: Her Irishness came through in her storytelling.
Questions of Irishness arise in debates about national identity, diaspora belonging, and who gets to define what counts as authentically Irish.
Licensed drinking establishment
- craicIrish word for fun
- GuinnessIrish dry stout brand
- hurlingPowerful propulsion by arm
- Gaelic footballIrish team field sport
ceilidh · stew · soda bread · colcannon · coddle · black pudding · whiskey · tweed
Irish word for fun
Green precious beryl
- verdantLush with plants
- greenColor of vegetation
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- boglandWet peaty terrain
peatland · heath · meadow · cliff · Atlantic · Wild Atlantic Way · Connemara · Dingle
Spirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- bodhranIrish goatskin drum
- tin whistleMetal folk flute
session · trad · ballad · lament · Riverdance · harp · accordion · concertina
Ancient Celtic priest-scholar
- torcAncient twisted metal collar
- broochDecorative fastening ornament
- La TèneLate Iron Age culture
- insularNarrow in outlook
bard · clan · cauldron · chariot · Manx · Welsh · Breton · Cornish
Mischievous Irish sprite
- bansheeDeath-foretelling Irish spirit
- pookaIrish shapeshifting fairy
- selkieShapeshifting seal of legend
- changelingSubstituted fairy child
Tuatha Dé Danann · Oisín · Tír na nÓg · fairy fort · pot of gold · folktale · mythology · legend
Family line of descent
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
lineage · famine · coffin ships · Ellis Island · homecoming · surname · clan · townland
pub
Licensed drinking establishment
Gaelic football · ceilidh · stew · soda bread · colcannon · coddle · black pudding · whiskey · tweed · Claddagh
craic
Irish word for fun
emerald
Green precious beryl
bogland · peatland · heath · meadow · cliff · Atlantic · Wild Atlantic Way · Connemara · Dingle · rolling hills
jig
Spirited folk dance
tin whistle · session · trad · ballad · lament · Riverdance · harp · accordion · concertina · hornpipe
druid
Ancient Celtic priest-scholar
insular · bard · clan · cauldron · chariot · Manx · Welsh · Breton · Cornish · Pictish
leprechaun
Mischievous Irish sprite
- bansheeDeath-foretelling Irish spirit
- pookaIrish shapeshifting fairy
- selkieShapeshifting seal of legend
changeling · Tuatha Dé Danann · Oisín · Tír na nÓg · fairy fort · pot of gold · folktale · mythology · legend · St Patrick
ancestry
Family line of descent
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- genealogyStudy of family descent
roots · lineage · famine · coffin ships · Ellis Island · homecoming · surname · clan · townland · parish records
IrishnessEnglishness
Quality of being British
Britishness · Loyalism · foreignness · statelessness · rootlessness
Irish, Ireland, Irishman, Irishmen, Irishwoman, Irishwomen, Anglo-Irish