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Irishness|ˈaɪərɪʃnɪs|
[f. Irish a. + -ness.]
Irish quality or character.
1804Southey Lett. (1856) I. 279 The desk might pass safely through the Inquisition, but what is to be done about the Irishness of Bruce's Travels? 1902Daily Chron. 12 Sept. 3/3 Mr. Cobb's ‘man of sentiment’ is an Irishman with a broad brogue, who out-Herods Herod in his Irishness. 1930H. V. Morton In Search of Ireland vi. 119 At times this Irishness is a rather pleasant melancholy. 1972‘R. Crawford’ Whip Hand i. iv. 18 What made Mullins' [a public house] special was its authentic uncompromising Irishness. 1973Times 5 Dec. 18/1 The contemplation of a common Irishness between north and south. |