Example sentences for: irish-

How can you use “irish-” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In a column in the Times of London, William Rees-Mogg, the newspaper's conservative former editor, claimed a special understanding of the Kennedy clan because, "on my mother's side I come from a somewhat similar Irish-American family."

  • As for Foer's criticism of Irish-American identification with Irish culture as part of a so-called "Diaspora chic," he is unfair to those Americans of Irish descent who do not romanticize terrorism, support Sinn Fein or the IRA, join organizations like the Ancient Order of Hibernians, or celebrate St. Patrick's day by getting obnoxiously drunk and excluding Irish-Americans who happen to be gay.

  • An editorial in the Irish Times said Al Gore was "one of the happiest people" on St. Patrick's Day because Irish-American Democrats had endorsed him to succeed Clinton in next year's election.

  • Even though Irish-Americans face virtually no discrimination, some have embraced a politics modeled after the campaigns of African-Americans and Native Americans demanding their fair historical due--that American institutions recognize their old hardships.

  • (A concession to a large Irish-American readership?)


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