Word origins

• downFrom a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
• galleryAn institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
• leeA protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
• diamondA glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
• kellyKelly green.
• brianTo keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat.
• brazilA red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood.
• ericA fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
• maineA state of the United States. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland.
• lewisA cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry.
• BaltimoreAn independent city in central Maryland, United States.
• charTo burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
• seanA male given name from Irish.
• drumA percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
• carterA person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.
• barryA field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.
• KennedyA surname from Irish.
• NeilA male given name from Irish.
• murphyTo swindle by means of the Murphy game confidence trick.
• ferryTo carry; transport; convey.
• swordA long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
• CameronA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• SullivanA surname from Irish.
• kidneyAn organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
• dodsulk, huff
• UnaA female given name from Irish.
• clanA group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
• ShannonThe longest river in the British Isles, which flows through Ireland into the Atlantic Ocean.
• BelfastThe capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.
• keenOften with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
• levyTo impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
• corkThe dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
• knockAn abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
• scamA fraudulent or dishonest deal. A swindle.
• ErinIreland.
• ShaneA male given name from Irish.
• DunnA surname from Irish.
• taraGoodbye.
• ClareSynonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
• maddenTo make angry.
• DoyleAn idiot.
• McCarthyA surname from Irish.
• QuinnA surname from Irish.
• LohanA surname from Irish.
• bowieA Bowie knife.
• dullLacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
• sheilaA woman.
• SheridanA surname from Irish.
• swordsA town in Fingal, Ireland.
• BrendanA male given name from Irish.
• hoganA one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud.
• GalwayA county in the West of the Republic of Ireland.
• HigginsA surname from Irish, from County Sligo.
• roeEggs of fish.
• LennonA surname from Irish, notably of John Lennon (1940–1980), one of the Beatles.
• limerickA humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
• MaureenA female given name from Irish.
• mazeA labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.
• foleyThe creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images.
• ShaunA male given name from Irish.
• GallagherA surname from Irish; variant forms Gallager, Gallaher, Galleher, Galligher, Galliher, Gollaher, Golliher.
• EileenA female given name from Irish.
• NolanA surname from Irish.
• BrennanA surname from Irish.
• whiskeyA liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
• CostelloA surname from Irish.
• galoreIn abundance.
• BangorA city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872).
• DonovanA potato.
• FlynnA surname from Irish.
• ByrneA surname from Irish.
• MaloneA surname from Irish.
• sheaA tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Uganda.
• clancyAn overflow or spillage.
• HannaA female given name from Hebrew, variant of Hannah.
• meadeA surname.
• puntA narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole.
• GuinnessA serving of the beverage.
• colleenA girl.
• ConnorA male given name from Irish.
• cotA simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
• ReillyA surname from Irish.
• LiamA male given name from Irish, currently popular in Ireland, England, Scotland, and the United States.
• KelloggAn English surname transferred from the nickname.
• SheehanA surname from Irish.
• ConanA male given name from Irish.
• McMahonA surname from Irish.
• DadeA surname from Irish.
• SweeneyA surname from Irish.
• dunA brownish grey colour.
• linnA waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.
• McGuireA surname from Irish.
• McGeeA surname from Irish.
• DohertyA surname from Irish.
• McKayA surname.
• mothAny flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
• AntrimA county in northeastern Northern Ireland.
• tyroneA Chad-like Black man with a very high SMV who is successful with women and dating.
• looneyA surname from Irish.
• McLaughlinA surname from Irish.