Irishry
English
Etymology
Irish + -ry
Noun
Irishry pl (plural only)
- (archaic) The Celtic people of Ireland.
- Coordinate term: Englishry
- 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], OCLC 1044608640:
- the whole Irishry of rebels
- 1938, Robert Ervin Howard, (Black Vulmea's Vengeance): Chapter 1
- Some of the peasants escaped the massacre and were hiding in the thickets. As soon as you left they came out, and not being civilized, cultured Englishmen, but only poor, savage Irishry, they cut me down along with the others