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Anglo-Irish

[ ang-gloh-ahy-rish ]

noun

  1. persons of English descent living in Ireland.


adjective

  1. of or relating to the Anglo-Irish or their speech.

Anglo-Irish

noun

  1. the Anglo-Irish
    functioning as plural the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  2. the English language as spoken in Ireland
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of or relating to the Anglo-Irish
  2. of or relating to English and Irish
  3. of or relating to the English language as spoken in Ireland
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglo-Irish1

First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences

Quinn lost his fortune after he amassed control of 25% of Anglo Irish Bank, which promptly went under in the 2007 financial crash.

This book embodies the deep ambivalence of the Anglo-Irish, who no longer felt British, but were not accepted by the “natives.”

It is set during the Irish Civil War, when the IRA stalked the Anglo-Irish, who responded with a mixture of fear and indignation.

The big houses were the homes of the Anglo-Irish, the abhorred British ruling class, that dominated the landscape.

Sean FitzPatrick was the CEO of Anglo Irish Bank from 1986 to 2005.

The "cockles of the heart" is a common expression in Anglo-Irish.

This idiom, borrowed from the Irish, is very common in Anglo-Irish.

Between fifty and a hundred years ago the Anglo-Irish gentry, as all the world knows, were a wild and extravagant race.

It is safe to state that by far the greatest number of our Anglo-Irish idioms come from the Irish language.

This is one of the commonest of our Anglo-Irish idioms, so that a few examples will be sufficient.

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