Word info

Irish American

Speech parts

1. Irish American - Adjective

2. Irish American - Proper noun

Meaning

An American citizen with Irish ancestry or heritage

An Irish citizen who has immigrated to America

Irish American (not comparable)

Of Irish American heritage or culture

Irish American

English Wikipedia has an article on:Irish-AmericanWikipedia
Irish-American (plural Irish-Americans)

Alternative spelling of Irish American
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston

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Alternative names

Irish-American

Examples

1873 ) * August 1 (bapt.) Mary Harris Jones ("Mother Jones"), Irish-American labor leader (d. Source: Internet

At the time, the policy of free trade was most strongly promoted by the British Empire, and so any political candidate who ran on free trade instantly was under threat of being labelled pro-British and antagonistic to the Irish-American voting bloc. Source: Internet

At the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, however, he reneged on his commitments to the Irish-American community, and it vehemently denounced him. Source: Internet

And generally, people accept that to mean Irish-American because it’s usually an American peer asking me and so that part’s just assumed anyway. Source: Internet

I did the Irish-American writer’s Stations of the Cross, moving to Belfast, to cover the war and live as an abused minority. Source: Internet

In addition to interpreting visual ethnic caricatures, the Irish American ideal of transitioning from the shanty citation to the lace curtain became a model of economic upward mobility for immigrant groups. Source: Internet

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