Irish may refer to:
- Irish cuisine
- Ireland, an island in north-western Europe, on which are located:
- Northern Ireland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom
- Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state
- Irish language, a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland and by communities worldwide
- Irish (Junior Cert), a subject of the Junior Cycle examination in Secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland
- Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland, people who hold Irish Citizenship
- Irish (name), a first or last name
Famous quotes containing the word irish:
“We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“Ireland still remains the Holy Isle whose aspirations must on no account be mixed with the profane class-struggles of the rest of the sinful world ... the Irish peasant must not on any account know that the Socialist workers are his sole allies in Europe.”
—Friedrich Engels (1820–1895)
“The rule for hospitality and Irish “help,” is, to have the same dinner every day throughout the year. At last, Mrs. O’Shaughnessy learns to cook it to a nicety, the host learns to carve it, and the guests are well served.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)