How to Use Irish in a Sentence

Irish

noun
  • The Irish have not played a game closer than 12 points.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 2024-01-02
  • The luck of the Irish may help travelers score a great flight deal.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 2024-08-16
  • The Irish won two gold and two bronze medals three years ago in Tokyo, in rowing and boxing.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 2024-07-18
  • The Irish stopped Ohio State on the first two plays of the next drive and used their timeouts.
    — Eddie Pells, Los Angeles Times, 2025-01-21
  • Next up, the Fighting Irish will have another tough test.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Here's what to know Irish lost his endorsements in 2020.
    — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 2024-10-11
  • Riley Leonard punched it in from three yards out to get the Fighting Irish in the end zone.
    — NBC News, 2025-01-10
  • The intrigue: Carey launched her own Irish cream brand, Black Irish, three years ago.
    — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 2024-11-04
  • United Irish Societies pageant will be held in the runup to the parade.
    — Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 2022-02-09
  • Flavor: Ranges from smooth and light (Irish) to spicy (rye) to malty, peaty, smoky, and earthy (Scotch).
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2024-09-24
  • Or is this a bad matchup for the Fighting Irish, as the Trojans are rolling and putting up big points?
    — cleveland, 2022-11-25
  • With Thursday night’s loss, the game against the Fighting Irish feels much more urgent.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The Irish weren’t done erasing what was a 21-7 Miami lead.
    — Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The Irish came out swinging, scoring twice in the first inning and adding another in the fourth for a 3-0 lead.
    — Dave Wright, Twin Cities, 2025-06-12
  • Micah Gilbert and Jordan Faison had the scoring grabs for the Irish.
    — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The Irish are very likely to be in the top eight and host a game at historic Notre Dame Stadium.
    — Issy Ronald and Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 2024-12-08
  • The Princess of Wales, 42, is the honorary colonel of the Irish Guards, which are trooping its flag at the parade this year.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 2024-06-04
  • Creed fans love to tout the merits of Aventus, but its 1985 scent Green Irish Tweed shouldn’t be overlooked.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 2025-07-03
  • Rispoli and the 3-year-old Irish-bred also teamed to win the La Jolla Handicap on May 3.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • In the fall of 2014, the Irish Wish star took up residence in London’s West End to act in the play Speed-the-Plow.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Brady established the Irish Fest’s popular Sunday breakfast, which was canceled in 2024 after his murder.
    — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Irish are 0-1 and staring at an idle weekend with plenty to work on after a 27-24 loss in Miami on the Sunday night of Week 1.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The film follows reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman (Scott), who retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, but the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Hurricanes got on the board first against the Fighting Irish after Beck threw a strike to Malachi Toney, who was draped by a Notre Dame defender, for a 28-yard touchdown catch.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • If not, and if the Irish only come close for the second consecutive year in the CFP, well, at least the priests who run the university in South Bend, Indiana will get more extra bucks to keep the Golden Dome shiny.
    — Terence Moore, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Since then, Corso has dressed up as Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish Leprechaun, the Stanford Tree, and even rode a motorcycle with the Oregon Duck, among many others that brought smiles to not only the faces of fans but also his colleagues.
    — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Smashing Machine borrows its title from director John Hymas’s gritty 2003 documentary about Kerr, 56, an Ohio native of Irish and Puerto Rican descent.
    — Eric Andersson, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The virus was also detected in mosquito populations in several neighborhoods including Old Louisville, Irish Hill, California, Iroquois, Churchill Downs, Tyler Park and the Highlands in July.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In bringing Madison online, Nielsen will report results from the Badgers’ local base of 443,200 TV homes, while the Irish (331,800) and Nittany Lions’ faithful (285,520) will also make a mark.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Maria Mocerino Originally from LA, Maria Mocerino has been published in Business Insider, The Irish Examiner, The Rogue Mag, Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, and now Interesting Engineering.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025

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