Reverse Dictionary: IRELAND

ADJECTIVES
► DUNDONIAN relating to Dundee → 1867
► IRELANDISH Irish; of Irish background and manners → 1924 Amer. dial.
► IRISH AS MICKEY’S MOTHER, AS full-blooded Irish → 1965 Amer. dial.
► IRISH AS PADDY MURPHY’S PIG ► IRISH AS PATRICK MURPHY’S PIG quintessentially Irish → L19 sl.
► IRISH AS PADDY’S PIG, AS fully and obviously Irish → 1974 NZ & Aust. sl.
► MICK Irish → L19 sl., orig. US
► OIRISH Irish → 1962 UK sl.
► PADDY Irish → 20C sl.
► SHANTY IRISH of or belonging to people of Irish descent in poor circumstances → US derogatory
► ULTONIAN belonging to Ulster → 1766

NOUNS
► AMERICAN WAKE a farewell party for those emigrating to America in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century → 1986 Ireland sl.
► ANIMAL GANG members of the Fascist Blueshirt movement 1920s-1930s → Irish sl.
► FAR-DOWN Ulster → L19 Aust. sl.
► GREEN ISLAND, THE Ireland → 19C
► GREEN SOD, THE Ireland → 1851
► MEDIUM, THE. the Irish language → 20C Irish
► MURPHY LAND Ireland → M19 sl. 
► OLD DART Ireland → 1863 chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
► OLD LADY OF WESTMORELAND STREET the Irish Times → M19 Irish
► OLD SOD, THE ► OULD SOD Ireland → 1868
► PADDY-BASHING beating up Irish people, usually used of soldiers in Northern Ireland → 2000s sl.
► PADDYISM an Irish peculiarity, an Irishism → 1801
► PADDYLAND ► PADDY’S LAND Ireland → 19C sl.
► PADDY’S ISLE Ireland → 19C sl. 
► PAPER-SHADE IRISH lower class Irish → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PATLAND Ireland → M19 sl.
► RAILROAD IRISH the Irish working class → 1910s US sl.
► SHANTY IRISH shanty Irish people collectively → US derogatory
► SOD, THE Ireland → 1793
► URINAL OF THE PLANETS Ireland ..17C Brit. sl., derogatory
► WOLFLAND a former nickname for Ireland → 1692 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ALICKADOO a rugby club official or committee member → 1997 Ireland sl.
► BAN a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland → 1909 Irish sl.
► BARK an Irishman → 1869 Eng. dial.
► BARK-ISLANDER an Irish person → c1850 UK sl.
► BLACK IRISH 1. an Irish person with black hair and dark complexion → 1998 New York sl. (Bk.)
2.an Irish Protestant → 1998 New York sl., usually derogatory (Bk.)
► BLACK-MOUTH an Irish Protestant dissenter → 1843 Ireland
► BLACK PROTESTANT 1. a Protestant settler in Ireland at the time of the Cromwellian Settlement of 1652 → 1829
2. a staunch Irish Protestant, esp. one characterized as intolerant or bigoted; also used as a more general term of abuse for an Irish Protestant → 1958 derogatory and offensive
► BOG-IRISH an uneducated, ignorant Irishman → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BOGLANDER an Irish person → 1834 Amer. dial.
► BOG-TROTTER an Irish person → 1682 sl., derogatory
► CASTLE CATHOLICS Irish Catholics who rejected nationalism, preferring to curry favour with and ape the lifestyle of the ruling British → E19 sl.
► CHEW an Irish person → 1929 Amer. dial.
► CORK a person of Irish descent → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CORKONIAN an Irish-American whose family came from the south of Ireland → 1834 Amer. dial.
► DEAR JOY a familiar appellation for an Irishman → 1688 obs.
► DUBLIN JACKEEN a Dubliner, as opposed to a country person → M19 Anglo-Irish
► DUNDONIAN a native or inhabitant of Dundee → 1861
► FAR-DOWN an Irish-American whose family came from the north of Ireland → 1834 Amer. dial., formerly often derogatory
► FAR-DOWNER an Irish-American whose family came from the north of Ireland → 1857 Amer. dial., formerly often derogatory
► FLANNELMOUTH an Irish person → 1870 Amer. dial., derogatory
► FLATFOOT an Irish person → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GAELICK a homosexual Irishman → 1980s US homosexual sl.
► GARDA a member of the state police force of Ireland, known as the Garda Síochána; an Irish policeman → 1943
► GAS-HOUSE MICK a poor or lower-class Irish person → 1912  US police sl.
► GRECIAN an Irishman → 1853 sl.
► GREEK an Irishman → 1823 sl.
► GURRIER orig., a Dublin street urchin; now usually: a rough, aggressive young man; a lout, a hooligan; also, a term of abuse → 1936 Ireland colloq.
► HARP a person of Irish birth or descent → 1904 Amer. dial., often derogatory
► HIBERNIAN a native of Ireland; an Irishman → 1709
► HIBERNO-CELT an Irish Celt → 1895 (Bk.)
► HIBERNOLOGIST a student of or authority on Hibernology (the study of Irish antiquities and history) → a1869
► HIBERNOPHOBE one who has a dread of or antipathy to the Irish → 1889
► IRISH an Irishman → 1719 obs. exc. hist.  obs.
► IRISHER an Irishman; a person who is Irish or of Irish descent → 1807 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► IRISHES Irishmen → 1650 Sc. obs.
► JACKEEN 1. a Dubliner, as opposed to a country person → M19 Anglo-Irish
2. a nickname for a conceited Dublin citizen of the lower class → 1910 Ireland  (Bk.)
► JIB at Dublin university: a first-year’s man → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► LACE-CURTAIN IRISH successful, middle-class Irish-Americans or Irish immigrants; Irish Americans who prospered or married well, or those having social or economic pretensions; sometimes used derisively → 1929 US sl. 
► MAC an Irishman or Scotsman → 1617 sl.
► MACK a Celtic Irishman → 1615 colloq., contemptuous usage
► MANTLEMAN one of the poor Irish of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries whose clothing consisted of a single ‘mantle’ or ‘plaid’ → 1633 obs.
► MANTLER one of the poor Irish of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries whose clothing consisted of a single ‘mantle’ or ‘plaid’ → 1653 obs.
► MICK an Irishman → 1856 sl., not always derogatory
► MICK DOOLAN an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic → 20C NZ sl.
► MICKEY ► MICKIE ► MICKY an Irishman; a man of Irish descent → 1856 Amer. dial.
► MICKEY DO ► MICKEY DOO an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic → 20C NZ sl.
► MICKEY DOOLAN ► MICKEY DOOLIN ► MICKY DOOLAN an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic Irish person→ 20C NZ sl.
► MICKEY DOOLEY ► MICKEY DOOLIE an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic → 20C NZ sl.
► MIKE a generic term for an Irishman → L19 US colloq.
► MIKEY an Irish person → M19 US sl.
► MODERATOR at Dublin University: an honours graduate; so called because, prior to reform of the curriculum in 1833, students who performed well were asked to moderate the examinations of other students → 1838
► MOLLY a member of a secret society formed in Ireland in 1843 in order to raise evictions from land for the non-payment of rent → 1917
► MOLLY MAGUIRE a member of a secret society formed in Ireland in 1843 in order to resist evictions from land for the non-payment of rent by terrorizing process-servers, etc.; so called from disguising themselves in women’s clothes → 1844
► MOLLY MAGUIREITE a member of a secret society formed in Ireland in 1843 in order to resist evictions from land for the non-payment of rent → 1853 obs.
► MOLLY MALONES Dubliners → 1987 Irish sl.
► MOONLIGHTER a member of an Irish secret order that began a system of outrages about 1880; their work was done at night, and their notices to those whom they intended visiting were signed “Captain Moonlight,” whence the name → 1889
► MOUNTAINY MAN a man from a remote or mountainous area of Ireland; also, (derogatory) such a man regarded as ignorant, uneducated or conservative in outlook → 1899 chiefly Irish English
► NARROWBACK an Irish person, esp. a second-generation immigrant → 1957 US sl.
► ORANGEMAN n. a Protestant Irishman; a Netherlander → 1967 Amer. dial.
► ORANGEY a Protestant Irishman; a Netherlander → 1895 Amer. dial.
► PAD 1. an Irishman → 1821 sl.
2. a nickname or intimate form of address for an Irishman → 1855 sl. 
► PADDY an Irishman; often used as a nickname or intimate form of address → 1714 colloq., often derogatory
► PADDYLANDER an Irishman → c1820 sl.
► PADDYWACK ► PADDYWHACK an Irishman, esp. when large and brawny → 1773 colloq., chiefly derogatory
► PADDYWHACKER an Irishman; an Irish ragamuffin → 1909 Amer. sl.
► PALE-MAN an inhabitant of the English Pale in Ireland → 1650 hist.
► PALESMAN an inhabitant of the English Pale in Ireland → 1879 hist.
► PAT a nickname for an Irishman → 1806 derogatory when used as a generic term
► PATENT FRENCHMAN an Irishman → 1870 tailors’ sl., obs.
► PATESS an Irishwoman → 1825 Sc.
► PATLANDER an Irishman → 1820
► PATTY a nickname for an Irishman → L18 derogatory when used as a generic term
► PIG IRISH Irish people or people of Irish descent, esp. those belonging to the lower classes or retaining lower-class traits → 1932 Amer. dial.
► PIGPEN IRISH Irish people or people of Irish descent, esp. those belonging to the lower classes or retaining lower-class traits → 1932 Amer. dial.
► PIGSHIT IRISHMAN an Irish person or one of Irish descent, esp. one belonging to the lower classes or retaining lower-class traits → 1968 Amer. dial.
► POTATO CONSUMER an Irishman →  1890 UK sl.
► POTATO HEAD an Irishman →  1983 UK sl.
► POTATO NIGGER an Irishman → 2017 sl.
► RAPPAREE an Irish pikeman or irregular soldier, of the kind prominent during the war of 1688-92; hence, an Irish bandit, robber, plunderer, or freebooter; any ruffianly vagabond → 1690
► RED-NECK an Irishman → 1929 Amer. dial.
► SALT-WATER TURKEY a nickname for an Irishman who has crossed the ocean; a person of Irish descent; a Catholic → 1964 Amer. sl., derogatory
► SANS-POTATO an indigent Irishman → 1839
► SAVE-ALLS ‘boys running about gentlemen’s houses in Ireland, who are fed on broken meats that would otherwise be wasted’ → 1785 Anglo-Irish sl.
► SHANTY IRISH Irish people or people of Irish descent; esp. those belonging to the lower classes or retaining lower-class traits → 1928 Amer. dial.
► SHANTYTOWN IRISH Irish people or people of Irish descent; esp. those belonging to the lower classes or retaining lower-class traits → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SHEENY an Irishman → 1982 Amer. dial.
► SHEILA ► SHEILAH  a young Irishwoman → 1797 sl.
► SKANGER a member of a Dublin/Kilkenny subcultural urban adolescent, teenage, and young-adult-male grouping that is given to hanging around and causing trouble → 2001 Ireland sl.
► SKEG a member of a subcultural social grouping of pubescent or adolescent girls → 2001 Irish sl.
► SQUIREEN an Irish gentleman in a small way who apes the manners and bearing of the large landed proprietors → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► TAD 1. a person of Irish ancestry → 1914 Amer. dial.
2. an Irish Catholic → 20C US sl.
► TAGUE ► TAIG ► TEAGUE ► TEG ► TEIG a nickname for an Irishman → 1623 colloq. arch.
► TATER-EATER an Irishman → 1867 sl., chiefly US usage
► TEAGUELANDER an Irishman → 1689 obs.
► TIPPERARY FORTUNE an Irish woman with no fortune other than her body → L18
► TURF-CUTTER an Irishman → 20C sl., derogatory
► TURK a person of Irish birth or descent → 1914 sl., chiefly US, usually derogatory
► TURKEY a person of Irish descent; a Catholic → 1911 Amer. dial.
► TWO-TOILET IRISH middle-class descendants of lower-class Irish immigrants → 1973 Amer. dial.
► ULSTERITE a native or inhabitant of Ulster → 1920
► ULSTERMAN a native or inhabitant of Ulster → 1845
► ULTAGH an Ulsterman → 1649 Anglo-Irish obs.
► ULTONIAN an inhabitant or native of Ulster → 1781
► WHISKYHEAD an Irishman → 1965 Amer. dial.
► YELLOW-BELLY a native or inhabitant of County Wexford in Ireland → 1826
► YOUNG-IRELANDER a member or supporter of Young Ireland, an Irish political, cultural, and social movement of the mid 19th century, espousing nationalist principles and eventually playing a leading role in a failed rebellion in July, 1848 → 1844

PHRASES
► STRAIGHT FROM THE BOG used of an Irish immigrant to the UK → L19 sl., derogatory