Examples of Irishness in a Sentence
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From Saint to Stereotype: A Story of Brigid Caricatures of Irish immigrants—especially Irish women—have softened, but persist in characters whose Irishness is expressed in subtle cues.
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JSTOR Daily, 6 Mar. 2025
Redheads often fielded comments related to having a hot temper, being clownish, weirdness, Irishness, not capable of being in the sun, being wild (among women), wimpy (among men), and intellectually superior.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
There is always something sidelining Rooney’s writing—her age, her gender, her Irishness, the marketing around her novels.
—airmail.news, 28 Sep. 2024
Steer clear of the smaller ones. From Saint to Stereotype: A Story of Brigid
Caricatures of Irish immigrants—especially Irish women—have softened, but persist in characters whose Irishness is expressed in subtle cues.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 May 2018
The second album is about that detachment, and the third is about Irishness dislocated in the diaspora.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2024
Douthat The story sketches lightly all the elements of Irishness that in a different movie would be layered on thickly, or overemphasized at another element’s expense.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
The story sketches lightly all the elements of Irishness that in a different movie would be layered on thickly, or overemphasized at another element’s expense.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
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JSTOR Daily, 6 Mar. 2025
Redheads often fielded comments related to having a hot temper, being clownish, weirdness, Irishness, not capable of being in the sun, being wild (among women), wimpy (among men), and intellectually superior.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
There is always something sidelining Rooney’s writing—her age, her gender, her Irishness, the marketing around her novels.
—airmail.news, 28 Sep. 2024
Steer clear of the smaller ones. From Saint to Stereotype: A Story of Brigid
Caricatures of Irish immigrants—especially Irish women—have softened, but persist in characters whose Irishness is expressed in subtle cues.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 May 2018
The second album is about that detachment, and the third is about Irishness dislocated in the diaspora.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2024
Douthat The story sketches lightly all the elements of Irishness that in a different movie would be layered on thickly, or overemphasized at another element’s expense.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
The story sketches lightly all the elements of Irishness that in a different movie would be layered on thickly, or overemphasized at another element’s expense.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
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“Irishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Irishness. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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