Word origins

• KigginsA surname from Irish.
• ShinnickA surname from Irish.
• acushladarling
• aeroboardExpanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in insulation.
• AilishA female given name from Irish.
• AnnacottyA suburban town in County Limerick, Ireland.
• AoibhinnA female given name.
• ArdnacrushaA village and hydroelectric power station in County Clare, Ireland.
• ArdralyA townland in Carbery West, County Cork, Ireland.
• ardriA high king of Ireland.
• AthlumneyA castle in Navan, County Meath, Ireland.
• AttractaA female given name from Irish
• avickA form of address to a male friend or young man.
• avourneendarling, sweetheart
• baininUndyed white homespun woolen yarn or cloth.
• BaldoyleA coastal suburb of Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O2440).
• ballybetaghA division of land in Ireland equal to 480 Irish acres (approximately 315 hectares or 778 statute acres) of arable land.
• bandleAn Irish measure of two feet (61 cm) in length.
• barmbrackAn Irish yeasted bread with sultanas and raisins.
• bawneenWoven wool or flannel; especially undyed, unbleached wool.
• bealachA mountain pass.
• BebhionnA goddess of birth in Irish mythology.
• betaghA tenant that provides food for a household. On Anglo-Norman manors, these workers were servile to their lords.
• bibeA type of banshee whose cry indicates someone's impending death.
• BlarisA civil parish of County Antrim and County Down, Northern Ireland.
• bocketyunsteady, wobbly, tottering, rickety (likely to fall over)
• bockycrooked
• bonnyclabberSour, soured, fermented or curdled milk; acidophilus milk.
• boolyA company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk.
• bostoonA foolish person.
• boxtyA traditional Irish potato pancake.
• BrontëAn extinct surname from Irish, borne by a 19th-century literary family.
• BrucklessA village east of Killybegs in south-west County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref G 7476).
• buckeena poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
• CahalaneA surname from Irish.
• camanSynonym of shinty (“stick used to hit the ball in the game of shinty”).
• Cape Clear IslandAn island off the south coast of County Cork, the southernmost inhabited island in Ireland.
• CappoquinA town in County Waterford, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 1099).
• CarndonaghA town in the north of County Donegal, Ireland.
• carrageenIrish moss (Chondrus crispus)
• CarraherA surname from Irish.
• CarrauntoohilA mountain in Macgillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry, and the highest peak in Ireland.
• catboatA sailing boat with a single sail, usually rigged on a gaff spar, used for fishing in New England and later adapted for racing and cruising. It has a single mast set near to the bow and a long boom which may extend over the stern.
• cathairThe hair of a cat.
• CattersonA surname.
• caubeenAn Irish beret, formerly worn by peasants, later also adopted for army use.
• Ceann ComhairleThe speaker of Dáil Éireann
• ChapelizodA village preserved within the city of Dublin, Ireland.
• ciotógA left-handed person.
• clabberSour or curdled milk.
• Claíomh SolaisThe "Sword of Light", one of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann which belonged to Núadu.
• ClionaA female given name from Irish.
• clochánAn old dry-stone hut with a corbelled roof, commonly found on the southwest Irish coast.
• CloghanA village in the barony of Raphoe South, County Donegal, Ireland (54.8387°N, 7.93774°W).
• ClongriffinA community in Donaghmede, County Dublin, Ireland.
• clurichaunA mischievous, potentially malicious fairy, akin to the leprechaun, that greatly loves drinking and tends to haunt breweries, pubs and wine cellars.
• coarbThe successor to the founder of a religious institution.
• colcannonA traditional Irish dish made from mashed potatoes and cabbage or kale, with scallions, butter, salt and pepper added.
• ConahanA surname from Irish.
• ConlethA male given name from Irish.
• coola boolaCool; all right; fine.
• corcassA riverine marsh in Ireland.
• cosherTo levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of.
• craic killerSomething or someone that spoils an otherwise enjoyable event.
• CraigavadA townland east of Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J 4281).
• crathurcreature
• creathnachAn edible red alga; dulse.
• CriganA surname from Irish.
• CroneyA surname from Irish.
• crubeenAn Irish food made from pigs' feet, usually boiled.
• cry uncleTo beg for mercy; to give up, admit defeat, surrender; indicate submission, such as when wrestling.
• CullaneA male given name.
• cumhalAn Irish unit of account equivalent to the theoretical value of a bondmaid.
• CurneenA surname from Irish.
• currachAn Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars.
• CushlaA female given name from Irish.
• DáilAs a permanent institution.
• Dáil ÉireannThe lower house of the Parliament of Ireland.
• DaingeanA town in County Offaly, Ireland.
• DevoyA surname from Irish.
• DiffleyA surname from Irish.
• DillougheryA surname from Irish.
• DivillyA surname from Irish.
• Dobhar-chúA creature from Irish and Scottish folklore that resembles both a dog and an otter, or sometimes a half dog, half fish.
• doch-an-dorrisA drink taken on departure.
• dordA type of ancient Irish war-horn.
• DraddyA surname from Irish.
• DrawdyA surname from Irish.
• drisheenA type of Irish sausage made from pigs' blood, suet, and salt; an Irish version of black pudding.
• dudeenA short-stemmed Irish pipe made out of clay.
• dullahanA black-clad (usually male) horserider in Irish folklore which carries its severed head like a lantern and may be repelled by gold; when it stops riding (or calls out someone's name), someone will die. (Also called the Gan Ceann, Irish for "[one] without a head".)
• Dún LaoghaireA town and port in County Dublin, Ireland.
• DunworthA surname from Irish.
• DurninA surname from Irish.
• -eenUsed to form the diminutives of nouns in Hiberno-English.
• Erin go braghIreland forever.
• fainneA pin badge worn to indicate a fluency in, or a willingness to speak, the Irish language.
• FathereeA surname from Irish.
• FaughnanA surname from Irish.
• fawnySomewhat fawn in colour.