Irishnessn.

1804 R. Southey Let. 30 June in Select. from 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?

1876 M. Hartley Hogan, M.P. II. xvi. 261 It was Hogan's first exploration of the country parts of his native land; and he was astonished beyond measure at the Irishness of everything.

1902 Daily 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.

1930 H. 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' [sc. a public house] special was its authentic uncompromising Irishness.

1973 Times 5 Dec. 18/1 The contemplation of a common Irishness between north and south.

2004 Nuts 12 Nov. 35/1 Keano turned the air blue by questioning McCarthy's Irishness and telling him to, ‘Stick it up your b*llocks’.