Anglo-Irish

[ ang-gloh-ahy-rish ]

noun

1. persons of English descent living in Ireland.
2. Hiberno-English.

adjective

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

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglo-Irish¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

Ms Robinson explained Ms Sandes was born in Yorkshire and was the daughter of a "very well connected" Anglo-Irish vicar who became the Marlesford vicar and moved the family there.

From BBC

More ambitious Anglo-Irish reformers, including the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser, believed that “Irish nationality had to be uprooted by the sword,” in the words of historian Roy Foster, but later generations of British officials were less enthusiastic about overt genocide.

From Salon

If it's unfair on many levels to compare the charismatic Anglo-Irish lawyer Edward Carson — who had previously destroyed Oscar Wilde’s career in a notorious 1895 civil suit, before becoming the demagogic figurehead of the anti-home rule movement — to Donald Trump, it's also irresistible.

From Salon

It may be unfair to compare the charismatic Anglo-Irish lawyer Edward Carson — who destroyed Oscar Wilde’s career before becoming the demagogic figurehead of the anti-home rule movement — to Donald Trump.

From Salon

Sir Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish explorer who led the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which set out to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.

From BBC