the Emerald Isle
Green Atlantic island
The Emerald Isle is Ireland, so called for its lush green landscape.
The nickname appears in poetic, nostalgic, or touristic contexts: My grandparents emigrated from the Emerald Isle.
It evokes romantic imagery of rolling green hills and misty countryside rather than modern urban Ireland.
- IrelandNorth Atlantic island republic
- DublinIrish capital city
- Book of KellsIlluminated medieval Irish gospel manuscript
- shamrockThree-leafed Irish emblem
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
Celtic cross · green · clover · leprechaun · pot of gold · Gaelic · Irish pub · pubs · fiddle · mist · rolling · hills · sheep · Guinness · Irish whiskey · coastline · castles · thatched cottage
British Isles political/historical contrast
the Emerald IsleBritain
Island off northwestern Europe
England · Great Britain · Britannia · Albion · London
landscape/climate imagery
the Emerald Islethe Outback
Australian remote interior
Death Valley · the Badlands · Iceland · scorched earth · arid zones