c1475 ( J. Hardyng (Harl.) (1812) 399 The Irisherie [1543 Grafton greate..loue of all the land He had amonge..all the Iryshe].
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) xvi. 321 He had apon his party Ye Irschery [1487 St. John's Cambr. eryschry; 1616 Hart Irishry] and Wlsyster.
1495 in (1765) I. 51 [To] stirre Irishery or Englishry to make warre against our soverain lord the Kings authority.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Nero) ii. l. 788 Þe Irischery [a1550 Wemyss Yrischery], That duelt in Irlande to þis day.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 801 in W. A. Craigie (1925) II. 120 Thir ar his Irland kingis of ye Irischerye.
1537 Act 28 Henry VIII in (2002) V. 166 Thact of absentes... Noble men of the realme of England..in their absence and by ther necligences suffred those of the wylde Irishrie..to entre and holde the same [lands] without resistence.
1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xxi. 44/1 in (new ed.) II As the manner and custome was among the Irishrie.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden ii. 72 They that refuse to be under lawes,..are tearmed The Irishry, and commonly The Wilde Irish.
1649 J. Milton xii. 121 If the whole Irishry of Rebels had feed som advocate to speak..sophistically in thir defence, he could have hardly dazl'd better.
1787 F. Hargrave I. Pref. p. xxiv After violent struggles and various revolutions, the Englishry and Irishry, in the reign of our James the first, became consolidated into one people.
1792 E. Burke Let. to H. Langrishe in VI. 336 The spirit of the popery laws..as applied between Englishry and Irishry.
1827 H. Hallam II. xviii. 711 It is not to be imagined that the entire Irishry partook in this desire of renouncing their ancient customs.
1887 20 Aug. 1/1 To develop out of the anarchic chaos of the mere Irishry the elements of a strong popular Government in Ireland.
1887 E. A. Freeman in (1895) II. 368 I stick tight to Gladstone's best proposal, to clear the Irishry out of Westminster.
1908 J. M. Sloan xi. 262 There the brothers of Robert the Bruce arrived from Ireland, accompanied by 700 wild Irishry, intending to assist the Bruce in his struggle for the kingdom.
1927 J. Buchan ix. 150 Montrose the recusant continued to win battles and was even now marching southward with his savage Irishry to strike at the citadel.
1972 S. Heaney 208 A stubborn determination to belong to the Irishry and yet tenaciously aware of a different origin and cast of mind.
2004 (St. Patrick's Day Ann.) 12 Mar. 67/3 A fitting tribute..to the long generations of Irishry who fought to keep our native culture alive as we celebrate St. Patrick's Day once more.